Patricia

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Not expecting atm, but always have a wee notion of another down the line.

We have all boys and have a bit of a pang that we didn’t get to use our girls names - my favourite was Anna & husband’s was Kate.

If we ever had a fourth child, I don’t think we could choose between them. So I was thinking, maybe mother’s name?

Is Patricia too dated? I don’t like Pat/Patty/Patsy or anything like that.

I'm in my 30s and it's my middle name. When I was a child, people always took the piss when they found out and called me Pat. Absolutely hate it.

I like it. Pat, Patti, Patsy, Paddy, Trish and Trisha are all OK.
Know a few Pats and Trish/Trisha/Tricias, all older than me and they're all nice women.

Patricia as a middle name would be a refreshing change from Rose, Grace and May, and more meaningful than a filler middle name.

My mum is Patricia, she hates the nn Pat with a vengeance, and has always gone by Trish or Tricia. I think my grandparents are the only people I've ever heard call her Patricia.

Love it especially shortened to Patsy and Patty

Patricia is a name women in their 80s and 90s have.
As such I think it isn't due a comeback for another 20-30 years.

Awful, sorry

Please don’t burden your child with this name; sorry but it’s really so dated and not in a good way.

I like it but it does still sound dated. Maybe it’ll come back in a few years.

Why can’t you use Anna Kate?

It is my middle name and I dislike it.

It was my mum's name. As a result I don't hate it as it reminds me of my mum. However, I do think it's a dated name, and while I'd consider it as a middle name in an honour of my mum, I wouldn't use it as a first name.

My mum often got called Pat, which she hated. She preferred Patricia.

I love it

Ooh, same

Patricia is my middle name, after my grandmother. I don't really mind it as my middle name, especially as it is after her, but I do sometimes feel embarrassed to say what it is, especially when I was younger 😅I don't think it is a particularly nice name and it's pretty bad as a first name (these days) with not really any nice nicknames either...

No way

Oh I had an absolutely lovely teacher called Patricia so it’s only good vibes for me.

My Nan is a Patricia. She hates it they much she goes by her middle name Ann

Both of my grandmothers are Patricias, both very unpleasant women 😅 Shortened to Pat which then becomes cow pat/pat splat (coined by my younger sister) so I would say NO 😎

I have a lovely aunt called Patricia.

She used to look after a neighbours young child for free so his mum could work.

The little boy couldn't pronounce Patricia, and my Aunt doesn't like being called Pat and when they told the boy to call her Tricia, he couldn't say that either, and named her 'Treasure'!

My mum's name. She hates it. Everyone calls her pat.

Or worse they call her "pah hy". They say patty but don't pronounce the t, so she gets called Pahhy

Awful.
I know of an 11 year old Patsy though.

Exactly this x

So so sorry but…

I've just seen a friend holding her friend's baby boy and his name is Keith.
It's up there with Patricia and not in a good way.

A friend gave her child the middle name 'Irene', that's the furthest I'd ever go.

for that as a middle name.