Meaning of the namePatrícia

Female
Latin origin
Pa-trí-ci-a

Patrícia is a female name that comes from Latin Patricia, the feminine of Patricius, a name derived from patricius, 'noble, patrician'.

Meaning

“noble, patrician”

Source: Wiktionary: Patrícia · Behind the Name: Patrick

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People (2022): 500,893
Rank in Brazil: #39
Median age: 38 years
2010 Census: 531,065; people

Patrícia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Patrícia, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (194,322 people).

499,140 women 1,753 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Patrícia is most common

States with the highest share of people named Patrícia in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	131,650	0.296%
Minas Gerais	54,778	0.267%
Rio de Janeiro	52,253	0.326%
Rio Grande do Sul	33,730	0.310%
Paraná	31,312	0.274%
Bahia	29,855	0.211%
Santa Catarina	22,754	0.299%
Pernambuco	17,783	0.196%
Goiás	15,998	0.227%
Pará	14,521	0.179%
Ceará	12,904	0.147%
Maranhão	9,941	0.147%
Espírito Santo	9,473	0.247%
Distrito Federal	8,039	0.285%
Mato Grosso	7,917	0.216%
Paraíba	7,119	0.179%
Mato Grosso do Sul	6,555	0.238%
Amazonas	6,535	0.166%
Rio Grande do Norte	5,233	0.158%
Alagoas	4,919	0.157%
Sergipe	4,314	0.195%
Piauí	4,207	0.129%
Rondônia	3,299	0.209%
Tocantins	2,597	0.172%
Amapá	1,314	0.179%
Acre	1,035	0.125%
Roraima	858	0.135%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Patrícia

Wiktionary records Patrícia as a borrowing from Latin Patricia, derived from patricius, 'noble'. Behind the Name defines it as the feminine of Patricius, a Latin name that meant 'noble, patrician', and notes that this form was probably only used as a given name from the eighteenth century onward, starting in Scotland. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 500,893 people named Patrícia; the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio de Janeiro. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Patricya and Patrycia among the spelling variants.

Sources

Wiktionary: Patrícia · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Patricia · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Patrick · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Patricia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Patrícia

What does the name Patrícia mean?

Patrícia means “noble, patrician”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Patrícia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 500,893 people with the first name Patrícia, which ranks it number 39 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Patrícia a boy's or a girl's name?

Patrícia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 499,140 women and 1,753 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Patrícia?

Patrícia is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Patrícia most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.326% of the state's population is named Patrícia (52,253 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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