Given name

Patsie

“of noble descent”·“a dupe”

In English use, Patsie is a diminutive of Patricia. In English use, Patricia carries the interpretation “of noble descent.” In English use, Patsie is a variant of Patsy. One interpretation is “a dupe.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

In English use, Patsie is a diminutive of Patricia. In English use, Patricia carries the interpretation “of noble descent.” In English use, Patsie is a variant of Patsy. One interpretation is “a dupe.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Patsie is a diminutive of Patricia. Patricia comes from Latin.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Patsie is a diminutive of Patricia.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1898. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Patsie through the years

Babies since 1880
560
0 boys · 560 girls
Most popular year
1940
25 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Patsie in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1898–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 1960. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 25 in 1940. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 334 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Patsie’s family of names

In English usage, Patsie is a diminutive of Patricia. In English usage, Patsie has a related form in Patsy. In English usage, Patsie has a related form in Patsy.

Walk Patsie’s family in the name graph

PatsiePatsyePatriciaPatsyPattsyPattsiePatssyPatsee

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 6

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

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English · Place names

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Altee

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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