Patrice

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Patrice is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name576K records spelled Patrice17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Patricè, Patriće, Pat-Rice, Patrice', Pâtrïće

• Spanish given name37K records spelled Patrice5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Philippines, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Patríce, Pâtríçè

• Swahili given name7.5K records spelled Patrice6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Kenya, Tanzania, Congo - Kinshasa

  Languages: Swahili, Kinyarwanda

  Also written Patrìce

• Arabic given name3.8K records spelled Patrice4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Egypt, Palestine, Tanzania

  Languages: Arabic, Maltese

  Also written Pätrîčę, Pàtrice

80 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Patrice is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• ,92 Medieval French form of both the male and female Latin names Patricius (see Patrick) and Patricia. In modern French it is used only as a boy’s name, but in the English-speaking world it is used occasionally also for girls, apparently under the influence of names such as Bernice.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• , 2 See Patrick and Patricia in main dictionary. F Paul $ From Latin. See main dictionary.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In French, Du latin Patricius, « patricien, noble »; fêté le 17 mars (saint Patrice).

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In French, Latin Patricius, « patricien, noble »; fêté le 17 mars (saint Patrice).

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In French, Du latin Patricius, « patricien, de noble naissance »; origine latine.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 112 years between 1914–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Patrice de MacMahonb. 1808FRthird President of the French Republic (1808–1893)
• Patrice Lumumbab. 1925CDCongolese politician and independence leader (1925–1961)
• Patrice Wymoreb. 1926USAmerican actress and singer (1926-2014)
• Patrice Chéreaub. 1944FRFrench opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor and producer (1944-2013)
• Patrice Leconteb. 1947FRFrench film director and screenwriter (born 1947)
• Patrice Talonb. 1958BJPresident of Benin between 2016 and 2026
• Patrice Motsepeb. 1962ZASouth African businessman
• Patrice Trovoadab. 1962STPrime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe
• Jessica Drakeb. 1974USnot in their usual nameAmerican pornographic actress
• Patrice Evrab. 1981SNFrench footballer (born 1981)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 753 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Patrice?

We estimate roughly 32 thousand people bear Patrice (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Patrice have the most bearers?

Patrice is most frequently recorded in France, where it is most often spelled patrice.

How common is Patrice compared with other names?

In France, Patrice is the 153rd most common given name of 711,207 given names recorded there.

Is Patrice a male or female name?

Patrice is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Patrice mean?

Recorded meaning: From Lat. patricius, 'noble'; also used for women in French.