Given name & surname
Patti
“of noble descent”
Patti is a variant of Patricia. In English use, Patricia carries the interpretation “of noble descent.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Patti is a variant of Patricia. In English use, Patricia carries the interpretation “of noble descent.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Patti is a diminutive of Patricia. Patricia comes from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Patti is a diminutive of Patricia.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1888. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Patti through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 44,757
- 46 boys · 44,711 girls
- Most popular year
- 1958
- 3,121 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,501 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,501 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 3,115 in 1958. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 36,543 as a first name in 2020; 3,407 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.
Patti’s family of names
In English usage, Patti is a diminutive of Patricia. In English usage, Patti has a related form in Patty. Patti has a related form in Patricia.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Patti
- Patti SmithAmerican singer, songwriter, author and poet (born 1946)
- Patti LaBelleAmerican singer and actressborn 1944
- Patti LuPoneAmerican actress and singer (born 1949)
- Patti AustinAmerican singerborn 1950
- Patti DavisAmerican actress and authorborn 1952
- Patti ScialfaAmerican singerborn 1953
- Patti D'ArbanvilleAmerican actressborn 1951
- Patti HansenAmerican model and actressborn 1956
- Patti YasutakeAmerican actress (1953–2024)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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