Patina

given name · Latin script

Meaning: A paten, flat type of dish

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/pætɪnə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Patina is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.2M(measured from records)
  • GYGuyana1 in 188K
  • PKPakistan≈1 in 234K

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.

Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,000 people, est.

Sources
137 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 188K (inferred from the name graph)

Guyana

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A paten, flat type of dish.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Patina 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.

Where Patina is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PK Pakistan≈1,000 est.≈1 in 234K—Patina1
US United States2861 in 1.2M286Patina137
GB United Kingdom≈51 est.≈1 in 1.3M—Patina27
CA Canada≈24 est.≈1 in 1.5M—Patina9
AU Australia≈21 est.≈1 in 1.2M1Patina23
IE Ireland≈6 est.≈1 in 857K—Patina1
GY Guyana41 in 188K4—1

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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Patina is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hindi given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Patiña

  • Spanish given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Peru, Philippines, Mexico

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Pátina, Patiña

  • Russian given name11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Türkiye

    Languages: Russian, Uzbek, Ukrainian

    Also written Патина, Патіна, Patiña, Patyna

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Patiña

  • Indonesian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines

    Also written Patiña

43 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Patina 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.

  • Plg. Paeina (žr.).

    as a nameLietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)

  • In Dutch, patina: the color or incrustation which age gives to works of art; especially, the green oxidation which covers aging coppers, bronzes, coins and medals

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In French, third-person singular past historic of patiner

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Latin, A broad, shallow dish, a pan, stewpan.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Finnish, patina (color or incrustation)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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)

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)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 19 sources across 8 countries.

Official registers attesting Patina
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010185#98,099
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020162#114,613
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000143#113,519
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 4

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

What does the name Patina mean, and where does it come from?
A paten, flat type of dish. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Patina?
A machine transcription gives /pætɪnə/ (IPA) for English.
Is Patina a male or female name?
Patina is a female 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.
In which country does Patina have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 997 people named Patina in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled patina.
Where is Patina most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Patina is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 188 thousand people — even though Pakistan holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Patina?
In the United States, the national register counted 286 people named Patina in 2020, about 1 in 1.2 million residents.

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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, “Patina”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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