Pat
Diminutive of Patricia
"noble, patrician"Share
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Pat Origin and Meaning
The name Pat is a girl's name meaning "noble, patrician".
An early and still quintessentially gender-neutral name, now supplanted by thousands of fresher options. Hasn't been recorded as a given name since 1991.
Pat was the name of a gardener in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Jake's daughter-in-law in Adventure Time, and a recurring androgynous character on Saturday Night Live.
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Famous People Named Pat
- Thelma "Pat" NixonUS First Lady as wife of President Richard Nixon
- Patricia Ann "Pat" CarrollAmerican actress
- Patricia Mae "Pat" BenatarAmerican pop singer
- Patricia Frederica "Pat" PhoenixEnglish actress
- Patricia Oren Kearney "Pat" CadiganAmerican novelist
- Patricia Alma "Pat" HitchcockEnglish actress
- Patricia Helen "Pat" Kennedy LawfordAmerican socialite
- Patricia Ann "Pat" PriestAmerican actress
- Patricia Annette "Pat" SmithAmerican beauty queen and wife of NFL player Emmitt Smith
Pat in Pop Culture
- Pat O'Neill Rileyandrogyne in a sketch on TV's Saturday Night Live and 1994 film "It's Pat"
- Patmain character in Enid Blyton's "St Clare's"