Given name
Patriot
“one who is devoted to his country”
Patriot is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “one who is devoted to his country.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “one who is devoted to his country.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Patriot through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 36
- 36 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 7 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 7 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Patriot’s family of names
Patriot has a related form in Patriotic. Patriot has a related form in Patriotik. Patriot has a related form in Patryot.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Patriot
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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