Patient

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Patient is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: From Middle English pacient, from Middle French patient, from Old French pacient, from Latin patiens, present participle of patior (“to suffer, endure”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hate, hur.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States
  • GBUnited Kingdom
  • CACanada

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Patient: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Patient
  1. Middle Englishpacient(measured from records)
  2. Middle Frenchpatient(measured from records)
  3. Old Frenchpacient(measured from records)
  4. Latinpatiens(measured from records)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*peh₁-“to hate“to hate, hurt”(measured from records)

From Middle English pacient, from Middle French patient, from Old French pacient, from Latin patiens, present participle of patior (“to suffer, endure”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hate, hurt”).

Sources 3

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary
  • Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Recorded in:

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Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1920194019601980Serge Patient, b. 1935Georges Patient, b. 1949Brigitte Patient, b. 1958K-Reen, b. 1972

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 22 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Patient
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)2002773#8,143
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020693#35,059
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010558#39,419
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000419#47,575
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199176—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195170—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197169—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198167—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196167—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194167—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)193153—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192143—

Reference works 3

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

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Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Patient mean, and where does it come from?
From Middle English pacient, from Middle French patient, from Old French pacient, from Latin patiens, present participle of patior (“to suffer, endure”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hate, hur… Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and Wiktionary and 1 other source.
In which country does Patient have the most bearers?
Patient is most frequently recorded in the United States.

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About this data

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Patient”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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