Name meaning & stats
Pat
Pat means “noble” (Latin origin). 42,128 US babies since 1940, peak 1947.
What it means
“noble”
LatinPet form of Patricia
In US birth records
Peak year: 1947
42,128 US babies were named Pat between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Pat (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Pat is the main spelling
- Pat 99%
- Patt 1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1947)