Honest opinion of Patricia?

[Anonymous]

Don't call her Trish. Trish is a trashy woman with a perm who hung out (and got into fist fights) in bars in the 80s, not a 2026 baby.

[Anonymous]

It just screams boomer to me. And would get nicknamed to Pat, which is very mediocre. Patty or Patsy or a little better but it's still not cute.

Of this genre of name, I like Rita (Margaret), Judy (Judith), and Suzy (Suzanne) better.

[Anonymous]

I like Patricia and Patsy. I don't like Patty (reminds me of burger patties) and Trisha.

[Anonymous]

It's a bit of a stretch, but you could get away with using CiCi as a nickname - PatriCIa.

[Anonymous]

It sounds dated, but then again lots of old-fashioned names are becoming trendy again. My own kids have Boomer names, so I can’t really talk. I think it’s sweet that you want to name her after your mom. And it has the advantage that everyone can spell it and pronounce it, and she’ll probably be the only one in the class. Patsy and Trish(a) are both fine.

[Anonymous]

Nice

Also she has to make her name not make people think of mediocrity and that's the way it should be.

Too many kids named with hand picked names only to turn out very mediocre

[Anonymous]

Trisha is really cute

[Anonymous]

It's fine. It's recognizable and spelled correctly, and there's nothing wrong with it. The connection to your mom is nice.

I am not a fan of Patsy, which is ruined for me by the Patsy Ramsey association.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It sounds dated, but then again lots of old-fashioned names are becoming trendy again. My own kids have Boomer names, so I can’t really talk. I think it’s sweet that you want to name her after your mom. And it has the advantage that everyone can spell it and pronounce it, and she’ll probably be the only one in the class. Patsy and Trish(a) are both fine.

I hope lil Frank and Marge are doing well

[Anonymous]

Call her Trixie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't call her Trish. Trish is a trashy woman with a perm who hung out (and got into fist fights) in bars in the 80s, not a 2026 baby.

Completely disagree. I know one Tricia and one Trish and they are beautiful, wealthy, smart women with amazing jobs and fashion. Not old either.

[Anonymous]

I have several friends named Tricia ... and yet I still don't like the name Patricia.

Patsy is a terrible nickname. If you do this, def. use Tricia as the nickname.

[Anonymous]

Love Patricia but not Patsy.

Patti or Tricia are good!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thoughts on Patricia? I know it's a bit of a blast from the past, but I would absolutely love to name baby after my wonderful mother. My mom goes by her full name so baby would be called Patsy or Trish(a) to differentiate.

Old. At least 60 yo. Patrician.

[Anonymous]

I like it but don’t like any of the nicknames. They all sound very dated.

Fun fact: Patricia was Grace Kelly’s middle name. I’ve always thought Grace Patricia is a lovely name.

Maybe use it as a middle name?