Given name & surname
Paty
“one who fishes”
Paty is a variant of Pati. One African interpretation is “one who fishes.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Paty is a variant of Pati. One African interpretation is “one who fishes.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Paty is a variant of Pati. An origin associated with Pati is African.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1957. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Paty through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1957
- 5 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 girls is 5 in 1957. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 548 as a first name in 2020; 375 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.
Paty’s family of names
In French usage, Paty is a diminutive of Patricia. Paty has a related form in Pati.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Paty
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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