Given name & surname
Patton
“from the town of warriors”
Patton is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the town of warriors.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the town of warriors.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Patton through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,763
- 1,664 boys · 99 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 77 babies
- 2025
- 42
- #3,291 for boys · #14,502 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −17%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 36 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,291 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 20.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 70 in 2015. It also appeared in 6 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,532 as a first name in 2020; 62,929 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.
Patton’s family of names
Patton has a related form in Payden. Patton has a related form in Paton. Patton has a related form in Padden.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Paydenvariant
- Pattenvariant
- Patonvariant
- Patenvariant
- Paegastunvariant
- Paddynvariant
- Paddinvariant
- Paddenvariant
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Patton
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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