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What is your opinion or first impression of this name?

89 replies

annaboo2 · 25/04/2021 16:24

Tricia. (As the official name, not a nickname for Patricia or Beatrice. Pronunciation is same as Trisha.)

and what would be good middle names for it?

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Bluntness100 · 25/04/2021 16:25

It’s a bit eighties and I’m surprised it’s a name in its own right spelled like that.

NaughtyNell · 25/04/2021 16:26

I don't like it personally to me its a shortened version of Patricia any way you say it

GintyMcGinty · 25/04/2021 16:26

I like it but I would still put either Patricia or Beatrice on the birth certificate in order to give your child choice later in life.

Whinge · 25/04/2021 16:27

Honestly i'd think poor child. It's not a great name and the odd spelling makes it even worse.

romdowa · 25/04/2021 16:28

I'd presume it was short for Patricia and it could be shortened again to trish

Sandgrown1970 · 25/04/2021 16:31

Awful for a baby. Fine for a middle aged housewife character in a book. Trish is the obvious choice of a nickname. It’s my cousins name (Tricia), she’s in her 50s. Reminds me of Trisha Goddard, daytime TV host.

If it’s for a baby, don’t. Aisha is a nicer but less dated/mumsy name. Or Marcia/Asha/Sasha/Misha etc although all still a bit 80s.

Divebar2021 · 25/04/2021 16:38

I’ve seen it spelled like that so I don’t find that unusual. It’s not a name I’ve heard recently though and I do tend to associate with older ladies.

PotionNotion · 25/04/2021 16:38

I think of other naff 70s/80s names like Tracey, Sharon, Tonya.

Cowbells · 25/04/2021 16:39

I'm not keen on it.

Bellyups · 25/04/2021 16:40

I think of an angry middle aged woman in middle management

Sooobooored · 25/04/2021 16:42

It’s horrible although Patricia is passable.

BramStoker · 25/04/2021 16:42

I would assume it was a lady in her 50s/60s called Patricia.

Probably married to a Geoff

tortoiselover100 · 25/04/2021 16:42

Ok but I don't love it.

NannyR · 25/04/2021 16:44

I would think it was a shortening of Patricia. It sounds quite dated, like the name of a woman in her 50s.

FizzyApricot · 25/04/2021 16:46

I would assume it's a shortening.
I would think Trisha was a name.
I wouldn't use it.

WowIlikereallyhateyou · 25/04/2021 16:47

Nope

BackforGood · 25/04/2021 16:49

I would assume it was short for Patricia.
I'm not too keen on giving a child a shortened version of a name without giving them the option of using the full name, should they so choose.

CagneyNYPD · 25/04/2021 16:49

Tricia is married to Mick and they live in a 3 bed semi near Epping. She is a supervisor at the local branch of Santander. Best friends with Sandra and Sue. Tricia is in her mid 50s and enjoys a cheeky glass of Prosecco after her pilates class.

TooExtraImmatureCheddar · 25/04/2021 16:51

It’s my MIL’s name. I associate it with older women. DD’s middle name is Patricia after her grandmother and great-grandmother - I quite like Patricia but not Tricia or Pat!

Bluntness100 · 25/04/2021 16:52

You’re not thinking of naming your daughter it op?

There are so many beautiful names out there. I’d recommend picking another

No offence to anyone actually named Tricia.

otterbaby · 25/04/2021 16:58

@CagneyNYPD spot on!

stillcrazyafterall · 25/04/2021 16:58

All those saying it's a woman in her 50s are a generation out! I'm in my 60s - my mother was a Patricia and she was born in the 30s. Never knew a Patricia when I was growing up!

TatianaBis · 25/04/2021 17:12

Awfully dated. My mother’s generation had lots of Patricias - Pat, Patty, Tricia, Trish.

Even in the 80s it was dated - Trisha Yates.

PotionNotion · 25/04/2021 17:12

@CagneyNYPD

Tricia is married to Mick and they live in a 3 bed semi near Epping. She is a supervisor at the local branch of Santander. Best friends with Sandra and Sue. Tricia is in her mid 50s and enjoys a cheeky glass of Prosecco after her pilates class.

I think she works on the make up counter in boots and wears a lot of blusher.

Bluntness100 · 25/04/2021 17:13

Reminds me of Trisha on Corrie.

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