NN for Patricia?

[IssyStark]

DH's wonderful aunt Pat died on the August BH and we both agreed that should this one be a girl (we deliberately haven't found out), she's be named Patricia in her honour. Problem is that yesterday I discovered that he thought we meant as a first name, I thought we meant as a middle name.

Much though I loved Pat and admired her so much, I don't particularly like the name Patricia or Patty, Trisha. I like Pat and Paddy for grown-ups or even teenagers but not for little kids.

So are there any other nn for Patricia that could convince me it is a great name?

[countessbabycham]

Sorry didn't read post properly...

I love Pixie.

[countessbabycham]

Trisha.

[BuntyPenfold]

Pixie is so cute, lovely nn for Patricia.

[Cwtchbach]

He also pronounces Patrica - Pa-treesha which sounds nicer than Pa -trisha imo x

[Cwtchbach]

My Uncle calls my Aunty Pat (his wife) Patrice (as in like the footballer Evra), he has a very strong Scots accent though maybe he is saying something else. Oh and his name is Alexander!!

[pranma]

My aunty Pat as a child pronounced her name Pat-rissy-ah because she thought it sounded posh she was known as Trissy or Rissa[think Monica Edwards lovely books]

[nickelbabe]

A lady at chruc hwho died recently was Paddy her whole life - in the days that you had to have a "real" name on the birth certificate.

apparently, when she started school, and they showed her how to write her name, she said "but my name's Paddy, why have you given me a paper with Pat-rick-ee-a on it?"

[fannybanjo]

How about Tia?

[winkle2]

Love Pixie!

[NoHunIntended]

I knew a Patrixia (Italian) at University, she went by Pixie as a nn.

[midoriway]

My own lovely Aunty Patsy is dying at the moment, this thread has me a bit teary. Patsy is a lovely name that can be cute, sophisticated, fun, professional, much like my Aunty Patsy, sob.

[Fixture]

Pasha is a variant of the Greek name Pelagia.

[Takver]

I think Patsy is lovely.

Elspeth is a v. pretty name, but there are sooooo many Ellies & variants right now (dd's class had an 'El gang', there were so many of them!) and quite a lot of Beth, Betsy etc too, at least round here.

[Superfly]

I have always called my little sister Tish (Tishy when she was very small)

[FreddieMercurysBolero]

I know a Patricia, nn Tishie.

[plainwhitet]

I think it is a lovely name with some sweet nicknames.
The other thing you could do is carefully select a middle name so you could have, eg, a PJ or a PT (Petie) which might work? (Careful...!)
What about Poppy for a nickname? Not particularly close but starts with the same initial and a v pretty name too.

[greenzebra]

its my mums name, shes known as Tricia. But sometimes gets called Tree by Dad.

A family friends little girl used to call her Treasure as she couldnt pronouce Patricia.

I think Tish is the best nn.

[tummytickler]

I absolutely love the name Patricia! Patsy is adorable, as it Tish.I think Alex and Patsy sound fab together! And Alex and Trixie both have the 'x' sound, which also works beautifully I think!

[IssyStark]

Thanks for all the suggestions!

I think Tish, Tisha and Pasha are the best of the bunch but I'm still not sold on the name overall. However I'll try and talk myself around. I had rather had my heart set on Elspeth with Beth and Ellie as possible nn.

As for why we want nn in the first place - if we don't have one ready, relatives will make up their own and we'll be stuck with it (which given I really don't like some of the nn for Patrica I would prefer to avoid). That's what happened with DS. We named him Alexander but were waiting to see if he was a Sandy, Alec, Alex, Xander, Sasha etc but within a day of his birth the grandparents and aunts were calling him Alex and we couldn't change it after then depsite trying.

[MrsOzz]

I have no idea why but I know of a Patricia called Paris!

Tish, Tisha, Trixie, and Paris I like

[Dragonwoman]

Tish. I know a young Patricia called Tish.

[rachel234]

Tisch is table in German

[workshy]

I know a Tish -suits her

[winkle2]

Patsy and Trixie are cool!

[rachel234]

What's wrong with just Patricia - that sounds lovely and is easy to say. Why the need to shorten . Lovely name and lovely reason for choosing it. An added bonus is that she probably won't have to share her name with lots of others in her class.