In the entire world, Patula (Patula 
) is a rare dominantly female, but infrequently male first name. The first name Patula is characteristic of South Africa, where it is a very rare largely girly, but uncommonly male name, India, and the United States, where it is an extremely rare largely girly, but infrequently masculine name. Also, Patula is the last name as well as the forename.