Around the world, Paten (Paten 
, Patina 
, Patene 
) is quite a rare unisex forename. The forename Paten is characteristic of Israel, where it is quite a common primarily female, but scarcely boy's name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare feminine name, and Indonesia, where it is a rare epicene name. In absolute terms, the name is most common in Israel, India, and Indonesia. Likewise, Paten is the last name as well as the forename.