Given name & surname
Patrice
“of noble descent”·“patrician”·“a nobleman; patrician”
In French use, Patrice is a variant of Patrick. Interpretations include “patrician” and “a nobleman; patrician” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions. In English use, Patrice has a related form in Patricia. In English use, Patricia carries the interpretation “of noble descent.”
Original FrenchParis
Meaning & origin
What it means
In French use, Patrice carries the interpretation “of noble descent.” In French use, Patrice is a variant of Patrick. Interpretations include “patrician” and “a nobleman; patrician” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions. In English use, Patrice has a related form in Patricia. In English use, Patricia carries the interpretation “of noble descent.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
How it developed
Patrice is used as a form of Patricia.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Patrice through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 34,861
- 778 boys · 34,083 girls
- Most popular year
- 1958
- 1,516 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #11,653 for boys · #16,670 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −26%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,653 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 38 in 1961. It also appeared in 5 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 31,301 as a first name in 2020; 431 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.
Patrice’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Patrice has a diminutive in Patring. In French usage, Patrice developed from the Latin form Patricius. In English usage, Patrice has a related form in Patricia.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Patrice has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.
Frenchwhere Patrice comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Parisvariant · French
- Patrickvariant · English, German
- Patriciavariant · English
- Patrycevariant
- Patreecevariant
- Patriecevariant
- Pattricelikely variant
- Patringdiminutive · ceb
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Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Patrice
- Patrice LumumbaCongolese politician and independence leader (1925–1961)
- Patrice de MacMahonthird President of the French Republic (1808–1893)
- Patrice EvraFrench footballer (born 1981)
- Patrice TalonPresident of Benin between 2016 and 2026born 1958
- Patrice LeconteFrench film director and screenwriter (born 1947)
- Patrice ChéreauFrench opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor and producer (1944-2013)
- Patrice TrovoadaPrime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipeborn 1962
- Patrice BergeronCanadian ice hockey playerborn 1985
- Patrice LokoFrench association football playerborn 1970
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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