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Patty en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpæti/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Pat + -y.

Meanings

1. A unisex given name.
2. A diminutive of the female given name Patricia.
   • "That sounds like Aunt Isabel. They always called me Patricia there. Don't you think, papa, now that I'm getting so grown up, I ought to be called Patricia? Patty is such a baby name." "Patty is good enough for me," said Mr. Fairfield. 1904, Carolyn Wells, “Shopping”, in Patty at Home, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, →OCLC, page 56:
3. (rare) A male given name, a diminutive of the male given name Patrick.
4. (rare) A surname.

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