Pat Forename
2,225th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 457,363 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand
Pat Forename Definition:
The most used diminutive of Patrick; the sole (?) diminutive of Patricia. Cf. Patsy and Paddy.
Pat Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 58% | 292,351 | 1:1,240 | 270 |
| Canada | 60% | 82,271 | 1:403 | 62 |
| New Zealand | - | 17,091 | 1:265 | 32 |
| India | 76% | 11,795 | 1:102,999 | 12,412 |
| China | - | 8,799 | 1:155,251 | 14,782 |
| Nigeria | 89% | 6,694 | 1:26,526 | 2,446 |
| Ghana | 100% | 5,562 | 1:4,852 | 620 |
| Australia | - | 4,240 | 1:3,221 | 509 |
| Thailand | 76% | 3,406 | 1:20,571 | 2,828 |
| England | 93% | 2,596 | 1:21,419 | 1,331 |
| Madagascar | - | 2,418 | 1:9,772 | 1,594 |
| South Africa | 90% | 2,391 | 1:22,807 | 3,033 |
| Cambodia | 62% | 2,096 | 1:7,764 | 1,068 |
| France | 64% | 1,514 | 1:43,904 | 1,424 |
| Poland | 54% | 1,272 | 1:29,896 | 954 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,216 | 1:17,105 | 2,344 |
| Philippines | 77% | 1,134 | 1:93,483 | 5,374 |
| Macau | - | 975 | 1:624 | 168 |
| Indonesia | 57% | 926 | 1:278,578 | 24,787 |
| Malaysia | 60% | 709 | 1:42,948 | 3,667 |
| Netherlands | 70% | 526 | 1:32,133 | 2,590 |
| Portugal | - | 443 | 1:23,501 | 1,054 |
| Malawi | 100% | 402 | 1:42,568 | 2,981 |
| Germany | 83% | 397 | 1:243,521 | 3,468 |
| Belgium | 68% | 363 | 1:31,653 | 1,950 |
| Swaziland | - | 333 | 1:3,904 | 752 |
| Papua New Guinea | 57% | 310 | 1:26,298 | 2,601 |
| Liberia | 73% | 244 | 1:18,082 | 1,308 |
| Kenya | - | 242 | 1:191,352 | 7,893 |
| Malta | - | 233 | 1:1,843 | 361 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Fiji | - | 230 | 1:3,880 | 1,022 |
| Singapore | 100% | 215 | 1:29,242 | 5,835 |
| Egypt | - | 195 | 1:471,287 | 12,924 |
| Pakistan | 62% | 193 | 1:1,007,035 | 17,766 |
| Bahamas | - | 170 | 1:2,349 | 492 |
| Wales | 88% | 169 | 1:18,310 | 1,067 |
| Italy | 71% | 165 | 1:370,073 | 4,347 |
| Gabon | - | 160 | 1:11,771 | 1,796 |
| Mauritius | - | 158 | 1:8,214 | 1,130 |
| Mexico | 80% | 148 | 1:838,814 | 7,394 |
| Barbados | - | 143 | 1:2,026 | 446 |
| Brazil | 91% | 141 | 1:1,519,405 | 35,002 |
| Spain | 100% | 137 | 1:339,635 | 5,273 |
| Scotland | 83% | 125 | 1:42,803 | 1,454 |
| Morocco | - | 109 | 1:315,125 | 6,796 |
| Switzerland | 66% | 109 | 1:75,353 | 2,710 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 89 | 1:829,524 | 25,650 |
| Japan | - | 83 | 1:1,542,001 | 17,830 |
| Greece | 100% | 79 | 1:138,412 | 3,301 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 70% | 78 | 1:17,454 | 2,185 |
| Russia | 75% | 70 | 1:2,060,481 | 13,774 |
| Uganda | 97% | 69 | 1:593,579 | 12,776 |
| Sweden | 53% | 64 | 1:154,030 | 5,855 |
| Afghanistan | 80% | 56 | 1:582,563 | 9,071 |
| Zambia | - | 55 | 1:288,269 | 8,587 |
| Zimbabwe | 54% | 48 | 1:321,330 | 16,770 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 43 | 1:242,588 | 9,234 |
| Peru | 65% | 41 | 1:775,401 | 11,577 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Mozambique | - | 36 | 1:756,760 | 1,518 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 30 | 1:720,350 | 20,904 |
| French Polynesia | - | 27 | 1:10,293 | 1,329 |
| New Caledonia | - | 26 | 1:10,391 | 1,033 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 26 | 1:3,564 | 725 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 23 | 1:24,524 | 1,332 |
| South Korea | - | 23 | 1:241,062 | 8,475 |
| Argentina | 50% | 22 | 1:1,944,238 | 7,405 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 22 | 1:325,091 | 16,440 |
| Guyana | 87% | 21 | 1:36,346 | 3,756 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 21 | 1:1,131,890 | 40,612 |
| American Samoa | - | 20 | 1:2,792 | 500 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 20 | 1:4,631,156 | 3,563 |
| Iraq | - | 19 | 1:1,843,045 | 11,423 |
| Jamaica | - | 19 | 1:151,749 | 5,606 |
| Mongolia | - | 18 | 1:163,045 | 8,219 |
| Oman | - | 17 | 1:241,686 | 3,539 |
| Botswana | - | 16 | 1:136,528 | 10,720 |
| Burkina Faso | 73% | 16 | 1:1,148,717 | 30,311 |
| Venezuela | 77% | 16 | 1:1,887,618 | 33,763 |
| Guam | - | 14 | 1:11,475 | 1,503 |
| Finland | 77% | 11 | 1:498,471 | 5,769 |
| Greenland | - | 10 | 1:5,637 | 682 |
| Norway | 60% | 10 | 1:513,233 | 9,206 |
| Panama | - | 10 | 1:390,656 | 11,763 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 9 | 1:11,044 | 1,733 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Iran | - | 9 | 1:8,721,874 | 26,086 |
| Rwanda | - | 9 | 1:1,263,493 | 1,939 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Sudan | 100% | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Ukraine | - | 9 | 1:5,055,545 | 8,900 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 9 | 1:12,194 | 1,546 |
| Iceland | - | 8 | 1:45,752 | 2,854 |
| Qatar | 100% | 8 | 1:296,201 | 31,456 |
| Austria | 100% | 7 | 1:1,216,314 | 8,086 |
| Benin | - | 7 | 1:1,510,835 | 32,846 |
| Nicaragua | - | 7 | 1:859,762 | 11,907 |
| Israel | 71% | 6 | 1:1,400,486 | 16,782 |
| Tanzania | - | 6 | 1:8,798,053 | 38,955 |
| Denmark | - | 5 | 1:1,129,900 | 12,942 |
| Jordan | - | 5 | 1:1,765,355 | 7,450 |
| Nepal | 100% | 5 | 1:5,697,470 | 55,717 |
| Andorra | - | 4 | 1:20,722 | 745 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Chad | - | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Colombia | - | 4 | 1:11,944,732 | 44,648 |
| Congo | - | 4 | 1:1,252,301 | 19,043 |
| Czechia | 81% | 4 | 1:2,664,040 | 5,608 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Kazakhstan | 67% | 4 | 1:4,436,711 | 24,678 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 4 | 1:12,808 | 1,787 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 4 | 1:581 | 152 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 4 | 1:27,895 | 3,010 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Uruguay | - | 4 | 1:856,909 | 8,493 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 3 | 1:3,214,315 | 27,427 |
| Bolivia | - | 3 | 1:3,533,801 | 5,917 |
| Chile | 100% | 3 | 1:5,869,069 | 26,159 |
| Costa Rica | 67% | 3 | 1:1,589,316 | 14,648 |
| Guatemala | - | 3 | 1:5,369,476 | 9,171 |
| Lebanon | - | 3 | 1:1,875,857 | 11,580 |
| Lithuania | - | 3 | 1:983,961 | 3,563 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Saint Lucia | 67% | 3 | 1:59,272 | 4,116 |
| Serbia | - | 3 | 1:2,381,907 | 7,319 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 3 | 1:193,652 | 6,393 |
| Turkey | - | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Belarus | 100% | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Cook Islands | - | 2 | 1:9,076 | 1,075 |
| Croatia | - | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| Grenada | 100% | 2 | 1:54,062 | 3,078 |
| Haiti | - | 2 | 1:5,363,476 | 32,317 |
| Honduras | - | 2 | 1:4,408,734 | 23,808 |
| Ivory Coast | 67% | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 2 | 1:27,430 | 2,159 |
| Senegal | - | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Slovenia | - | 2 | 1:1,229,379 | 6,326 |
| Northern Ireland | 71% | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Hungary | 52% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Jersey | 100% | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Niger | 100% | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Transnistria | - | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
Pat (46,356) may also be a surname.
Pat Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
The most used diminutive of Patrick; the sole (?) diminutive of Patricia. Cf. Patsy and Paddy.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A North American Indian name, meaning: Fish. Some authorities list this as a diminutive of Patrick.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Pat Forename Popularity
Pat Demographics
Pat Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 77,291 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phat | 86 | 199,770 | / |
| Pate | 86 | 5,456 | / |
| Patt | 86 | 4,431 | / |
| Pait | 86 | 2,705 | / |
| Path | 86 | 1,211 | / |
| Paat | 86 | 910 | / |
| Payt | 86 | 274 | / |
| Pats | 86 | 239 | / |
| Past | 86 | 230 | / |
| Paht | 86 | 177 | / |
| Peat | 86 | 154 | / |
| Paut | 86 | 130 | / |
| Hpat | 86 | 14 | / |
| Ppat | 86 | 12 | / |
| Patd | 86 | 11 | / |
| Padt | 86 | 7 | / |
| Patp | 86 | 6 | / |
| Patë | 86 | 5 | / |
| Pazt | 86 | 2 | / |
| Bpat | 86 | 1 | / |
| Patì | 86 | 1 | / |
| Vpat | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pa | 80 | 1,238,615 | / |
| Pathe | 75 | 19,749 | / |
| Patte | 75 | 2,537 | / |
| Phatt | 75 | 2,434 | / |
| Phate | 75 | 2,154 | / |
| Patch | 75 | 456 | / |
| Pahat | 75 | 318 | / |
| Paite | 75 | 262 | / |
| Phath | 75 | 113 | / |
| Phait | 75 | 90 | / |
| Paste | 75 | 72 | / |
| Phaut | 75 | 62 | / |
| Paute | 75 | 60 | / |
| Phast | 75 | 52 | / |
| Paith | 75 | 32 | / |
| Pahut | 75 | 27 | / |
| Paate | 75 | 27 | / |
| Pault | 75 | 24 | / |
| Patth | 75 | 21 | / |
| Phats | 75 | 20 | / |
| Patts | 75 | 19 | / |
| Pa'at | 75 | 18 | / |
| Payte | 75 | 16 | / |
| Peate | 75 | 13 | / |
| Pheat | 75 | 12 | / |
| Pasht | 75 | 8 | / |
| Payht | 75 | 7 | / |
| Paths | 75 | 7 | / |
| Pauth | 75 | 6 | / |
| Paath | 75 | 5 | / |
| Peath | 75 | 5 | / |
| Bhpat | 75 | 4 | / |
| Patss | 75 | 4 | / |
| Patsz | 75 | 4 | / |
| Peatt | 75 | 4 | / |
| Padth | 75 | 4 | / |
| Paust | 75 | 3 | / |
| Padte | 75 | 3 | / |
| Paits | 75 | 3 | / |
| P'pat | 75 | 2 | / |
| Paatt | 75 | 2 | / |
| Patgy | 75 | 2 | / |
| Pathz | 75 | 2 | / |
| Pathd | 75 | 2 | / |
| Pathp | 75 | 2 | / |
| Patsh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Pattz | 75 | 2 | / |
| Pautt | 75 | 2 | / |
| Peats | 75 | 2 | / |
| Pauts | 75 | 2 | / |
| Patht | 75 | 1 | / |
| Patds | 75 | 1 | / |
| Passt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pasts | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pat'z | 75 | 1 | / |
| Payth | 75 | 1 | / |
| Payts | 75 | 1 | / |
| Paťtÿ | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pattd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pppat | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ppait | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pahtt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pajte | 75 | 1 | / |
| Phajt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Phatp | 75 | 1 | / |
| Phatd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Phaat | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pbuat | 75 | 1 | / |
| Peaut | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hpait | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pha | 67 | 71,201 | / |
| Paz | 67 | 51,733 | / |
| Pau | 67 | 51,063 | / |
| Pai | 67 | 50,443 | / |
| Paa | 67 | 19,534 | / |
| Pad | 67 | 5,444 | / |
| Pay | 67 | 4,490 | / |
| Ppa | 67 | 4,213 | / |
| Pap | 67 | 3,597 | / |
| Pas | 67 | 2,923 | / |
| Pea | 67 | 2,877 | / |
| Phatte | 67 | 2,831 | / |
| Pah | 67 | 2,429 | / |
| Pot | 67 | 2,317 | / |
| Hpa | 67 | 921 | / |
| Poa | 67 | 734 | / |
| Paj | 67 | 433 | / |
| Pèa | 67 | 120 | / |
| Phahat | 67 | 119 | / |
| Péa | 67 | 85 | / |
| Pga | 67 | 64 | / |
| Phathe | 67 | 43 | / |
| Pfa | 67 | 34 | / |
| Bpa | 67 | 31 | / |
| Vpa | 67 | 27 | / |
| Phaith | 67 | 26 | / |
| Phaate | 67 | 19 | / |
| Hpahat | 67 | 16 | / |
| Patthe | 67 | 16 | / |
| Pauthe | 67 | 11 | / |
| Pìa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Phatth | 67 | 6 | / |
| Paç | 67 | 6 | / |
| Pashth | 67 | 6 | / |
| Paï | 67 | 5 | / |
| Phaute | 67 | 5 | / |
| Pathth | 67 | 4 | / |
| Paithe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pastte | 67 | 4 | / |
| P'A | 67 | 4 | / |
| Peatch | 67 | 4 | / |
| Phattt | 67 | 3 | / |
| Phayth | 67 | 3 | / |
| Patova | 67 | 3 | / |
| Paiste | 67 | 3 | / |
| Paisht | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pïa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pahatt | 67 | 2 | / |
| Phaite | 67 | 2 | / |
| Phaist | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pheath | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pasthe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Patchz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Patowa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pashte | 67 | 2 | / |
| Paythe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Paá | 67 | 2 | / |
| Peathe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peatte | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pastss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paí | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pattch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pautte | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paathe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pahait | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pahath | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pahuth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pahytt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paidth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pachte | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phadte | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phahte | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phaust | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phauth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phathd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paheet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paicht | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phatch | 67 | 1 | / |
| D'Path | 67 | 1 | / |
Pat Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pat in the Russian language | ||
| Пат | pat | - |
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