Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Patina isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1960. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Patina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 278
- 0 boys · 278 girls
- Most popular year
- 1973
- 28 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1993. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 28 in 1973. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 286 as a first name in 2020; 162 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Patina’s family of names
In Lithuanian usage, Patina has a related form in PACINA.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Patina
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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If you love Patina, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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