Given name & surname
Patric
“patrician”·“a nobleman; patrician”
In German use, Patric is a variant of Patrick. Interpretations include “patrician” and “a nobleman; patrician” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In German use, Patric is a variant of Patrick. Interpretations include “patrician” and “a nobleman; patrician” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In German use, Patric is a variant of Patrick. An origin associated with Patrick is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In German usage, Patric is a short form of Patricius.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Patric through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,113
- 3,040 boys · 73 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 118 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 boys is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 118 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,261 as a first name in 2020; 201 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.
Patric’s family of names
In German usage, Patric is a short form of Patricius. In German usage, Patric has a related form in Patrick. In Occitan usage, Patric has a conventional equivalent in the English form Patrick.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Patric
- PatricSpanish association football playerborn 1993
- Patric HörnqvistSwedish ice hockey playerborn 1987
- Patric Knowlesactor, novelist1911–1995
- Patric LeitnerGerman lugerborn 1977
- Patric KjellbergSwedish ice hockey playerborn 1969
- Patric YoungAmerican basketball player (born 1992)
- PatricBrazilian footballerborn 1989
- Patric PfeifferGerman association football playerborn 1999
- Patric Niederhauserracecar driverborn 1991
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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