Patricio

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Patricius in NL Netherlands and Патрисио in RU Russia.

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 21 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◐

Patricio is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name113K records spelled Patricio14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Brazil, Philippines

  Languages: English, German, Western Frisian

  Also written Patrício, Patriçio, Pâťřïčïő, Patricïo, Pätrïcïõ

• a separate given name18K records spelled Patricio3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ecuador, United States, Spain, Bolivia

  Also written Patrício, Patrìcio

• Catalan given name15K records spelled Patricio4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Ecuador

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Patrício, Patrìcio

• Indonesian given name2.7K records spelled Patricio4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, Ecuador, Indonesia, Peru

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Patrício

• Italian given name1.2K records spelled Patricio17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United States, France, Spain

  Languages: Italian, Spanish, French

  Also written Patrizio, Patricius, Patrìzio, Pätrïcïô, Patrizìo

• Croatian given name860 records spelled Patricio18 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, Spain, United States, Ecuador

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian

  Also written Patrisio, Патрисио, Patrício, Патрицио

• Danish given name771 records spelled Patricio7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, United States, Spain

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian

  Also written Patrício, Patricío

60 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●

Patricio is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Spanish, patrician

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• De noble estirpe

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

• In Latin, dative/ablative singular of patricius

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 124 years between 1900–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Manuel Garcíab. 1805ESnot in their usual nameSpanish baritone and educator (1805–1906)
• Patricio Escobarb. 1843PYPresident of Paraguay (1843-1912)
• Patricio Aylwinb. 1918CLChilean politician and former president (1918–2016)
• Patricio Guzmánb. 1941CLChilean film director (born 1941)
• Patricio Contrerasb. 1947CLChilean-Argentine actor
• Patricio Lorenteb. 1969ARformer chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
• Axelb. 1977ARnot in their usual nameArgentine singer
• Alonso Mayob. 1978PEnot in their usual nameFilm director, screenwriter
• Patricio Valladaresb. 1982CLChilean film director
• Patricio Gabarrónb. 1993ESSpanish association football player

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 · 815 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Patricio?

We estimate roughly 47 thousand people bear Patricio (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Patricio have the most bearers?

Patricio is most frequently recorded in Chile, where it is most often spelled patricio.

How common is Patricio compared with other names?

In Chile, Patricio is the 26th most common given name of 68,927 given names recorded there.

Is Patricio a male or female name?

Patricio 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 Patricio mean?

Recorded meaning: Spanish form of English and Irish Patrick (see main dictionary).