Patrice
given name · Latin script
Meaning: From Lat. patricius, 'noble'; also used for women in French
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/pəˈtɹis/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Patrice is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country. In Cameroon it is the 76th most common given name.
- FRFrance≈1 in 779(inferred from the name graph)
- CMCameroon≈1 in 986
- BEBelgium≈1 in 2.2K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 399 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 779 (inferred from the name graph)
≈87,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Lat. patricius, 'noble'; also used for women in French.
Sources 1
- Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Patrice counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | #151 | ≈87,000 est. | ≈1 in 779 | 138K | Patrice | 399 |
| US United States | — | 31,301 | 1 in 11K | 30K | Patrice | 382 |
| CM Cameroon | #76 | ≈28,000 est. | ≈1 in 986 | — | Patrice | 41 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | #392 | ≈24,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.3K | — | Patrice | 15 |
| CA Canada | #905 | ≈7,200 est. | ≈1 in 5.2K | 1 | Patrice | 208 |
| BE Belgium | #277 | ≈5,400 est. | ≈1 in 2.2K | 355 | Patrice | 104 |
| LA Laos | — | ≈2,500 est. | ≈1 in 2.9K | — | Patrice | 7 |
| GA Gabon | — | ≈980 est. | ≈1 in 2.3K | 31 | — | 23 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); Ministere de l'Interieur — 2025 candidate lists (local + legislative). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Patrice is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
,92 Medieval French form of both the male and female Latin names Patricius (see Patrick) and Patricia. In modern French it is used only as a boy’s name, but in the English-speaking world it is used occasionally also for girls, apparently under the influence of names such as Bernice.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
, 2 See Patrick and Patricia in main dictionary. F Paul $ From Latin. See main dictionary.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In French, Du latin Patricius, « patricien, noble »; fêté le 17 mars (saint Patrice).
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, Latin Patricius, « patricien, noble »; fêté le 17 mars (saint Patrice).
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, Du latin Patricius, « patricien, de noble naissance »; origine latine.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Patrice de MacMahonb. 1808FRthird President of the French Republic (1808–1893)
- Patrice Lumumbab. 1925CDCongolese politician and independence leader (1925–1961)
- Patrice Wymoreb. 1926USAmerican actress and singer (1926-2014)
- Patrice Chéreaub. 1944FRFrench opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor and producer (1944-2013)
- Patrice Leconteb. 1947FRFrench film director and screenwriter (born 1947)
- Patrice Talonb. 1958BJPresident of Benin between 2016 and 2026
- Patrice Motsepeb. 1962ZASouth African businessman
- Patrice Trovoadab. 1962STPrime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe
- Jessica Drakeb. 1974USnot in their usual nameAmerican pornographic actress
- Patrice Evrab. 1981SNFrench footballer (born 1981)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 77 sources across 45 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2018 | 138K | #2,956 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 30K | #1,224 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.3K | #1,224 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 1970 | 625 | #1,223 |
| GA Gabon | Ministere de l'Interieur — 2025 candidate lists (local + legislative) | 2025 | 31 | #65 |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2023 | 7 | — |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2012 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 5 | — |
| CA Canada | Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender | 2021 | 1 | #2,272 |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Patrice a male or female name?
- Patrice is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Patrice mean, and where does it come from?
- From Lat. patricius, 'noble'; also used for women in French. Recorded by Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms.
- How do you pronounce Patrice?
- A machine transcription gives /pəˈtɹis/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Patrice have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 87 thousand people named Patrice in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled patrice.
- How common is the name Patrice?
- In the United States, the national register counted 31,301 people named Patrice in 2020, about 1 in 11 thousand residents.
- How common is Patrice compared with other names?
- In France, Patrice is the 151st most common given name of 754,146 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/patriceThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Patrice” — the 151st most common given name in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.