Given name

Pattsy

Pattsy is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Pattsy isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1937. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Pattsy through the years

Babies since 1880
43
0 boys · 43 girls
Most popular year
1943
8 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
0246819401960198020002025Highest share 19390.0
Pattsy in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1937–2025, 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 6 in 1952. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 1943.

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

Pattsy’s family of names

Pattsy may belong to the same name family as PATSIE. This is a tentative spelling connection.

Walk Pattsy’s family in the name graph

PattsyPatsyPatsie

The ring: 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 2

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

Similar names

If you love Pattsy, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

 

Patsye

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Dotty

“a gift of God”

13Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Greek

Hedy

“one who is pleasing; delightful; a sweetheart”

13Very rareEasing

>99% girls

 

Paulett

20RareRising fast

>99% girls

 

Paublita

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Literary

Merrily

“one who is lighthearted and joyful” · “filled with joy”

11Very rare

>99% girls

American

Bunny

“resembling a little rabbit”

16Very rare

8% boys · 92% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Pattsy’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Pattsy