Patricia?

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Hypothetical baby just now but interested in thoughts please :)

I like it! Patti or Patsy would be nice nicknames.

I don't mind it, but I think it would work better as a middle name

It reminds me of that Chris de Burgh song - 'Patricia the stripper'- "with a swing of her hips she started to strip, to tremendous applause she took off her drawers" etc etc

I like patrizia as pp suggested - wascoming on to say this!

My mum (60) is patricia and she ges called pat which she hates but people insist. She would prefer patsy. One sister calls her tricia.

And yes her family sing 'patricia the stripper' to her.

Honestly, it's horrible.

Ugly, unfeminine, dated, frumpy........The nicknames fir it are horrible, Patty, Trish, Patsy.

Sorry but it's the truth.

My mum's middle name- and she hates it with a passion.

Don't think it's aged well tbh. Frumpy,dumpy and old fashioned spring to mind. All the things my mum isn't.

I don't have strong feelings about it either way. I don't like Pat as a nn (for male or female) but nothing wrong with Patricia.

It feels like a baby boomer name to me.

Middle aged, out dated. Pat. No.

A bit Enid Blyton (one of the twins at St Clares was Patricia.)

Goes with the other names of that era, Janet, Doris, Mabel, Gwen, Pamela, Barbara, Mavis etc.

I really don't like it. It's dated and frumpy as opposed to vintage or timeless. I would put it on a par with names like Sheila, Geraldine and Bernadette.

Awful.

It makes me think of a cow Pat.
Pete Beale in Eastenders called his ex (Pat Butcher) a Cow Pat.

Honestly? I think it's horrid.

Patsy is just about passable on a cool kid.

But it is one of the worst names.

Think pat butcher.

Shudder.

Lovely name! very nice

is the immediate and strong association for me too.

I can't believe you're all being so horrible about my name! You big meanies.
I have name changed as am outing myself massively. I'm Irish, from a big family. I am under 40, and called Pat, but get Patricia where I live now-different city. I'm not mad on Pat either-agree with Pat Butcher!
But I don't think of Patricia as that awful!!
I have lovely younger cousins called Patty-adorable fruit loop, and Patsy-gorgeous and clever.
Also have a friend just turned 40 and she is Trish. And I wish everyone could have someone like her in their lives. Amazing friend and mum.
So maybe because I like so many people called variants of Patricia that I like the name? And maybe Patricia's turn out to be fabulous people?

Its an older name but might come back in fashion again. Its more traditional and personally I prefer traditional names . Its your choice , your child and patrizia is lovely as well.

I know a teenage Patricia. DH's aunt was a Patricia but known in the family as (pronounced)Treesha

Pat butcher is all I think of.
Women of that age and type

I would use it as a middle name, if it is a family name or important to you.

I would choose something else for a first name though .