Patrice is a
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
meaning ''
noble'' or ''
patrician'', related to the names
Patrick and
Patricia.
In
English, Patrice is often a feminine first name. In
French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
, it is used as a masculine first name.
Popularity
In the United States, the popularity of the name Patrice peaked in 1958 as the No. 212 most popular name. Its popularity has had ups and downs since then, but has fallen ever since 1987. The year 1995 was the most recent year the name Patrice appeared in the top 1000 names of babies born in the United States, at no. 941.
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People
Men
*Patrice Bart-Williams
Patrice Babatunde Bart-Williams (born 9 July 1979), better known as Patrice, is a Sierra Leonean-German singer-songwriter, music producer and film-maker. Raised by a Sierra Leonean father and a German mother, Patrice Bart-Williams grew up listenin ...
, known by the mononym "Patrice", reggae musician
* Patrice Bergeron, ice hockey player
* Patrice Brisebois, ice hockey player
* Patrice Motsepe, South African businessman
* Patrice Coirault (18751959), French ethnomusicologist
* Patrice Evra (born 1981), French footballer
* Patrice Guers, French bassist, known for his work in Rhapsody of Fire
*Patrice Laliberté
Patrice Laliberté is a Canadians, Canadian film and television director and screenwriter from Quebec.Christopher Reynolds"Quebec gets its first Netflix original film amid tax, cultural content concerns" CBC News Montreal, November 21, 2018. He is ...
, Canadian film and television director and screenwriter
* Patrice Loko (born 1970), French footballer
* Patrice Lumumba, first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo
* Patrice de MacMahon, duc de Magenta, former president of the French Republic
* Patrice O'Neal, American stand-up comedian
* Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona, former minister of sports in the Central African Republic, president of the Central African Football Federation, leader of Anti-balaka and war criminal
* Patrice Pastor (born 1973), Monegasque businessman
*Patrice Talon, Benin's incumbent president
*Patrice Wilson, Nigerian songwriter and producer behind ARK Music Factory
Women
*Patrice Baldwin, British drama and theatre educator
*Patrice Donnelly, American hurdler
*Patrice Hollis, ''Playboy'' Playmate September 2007
*Patrice Holloway, American soul and pop singer
*Patrice Lee, American R&B Singer-Songwriter
*Patrice Martinez, American Actress
*Patrice Pike, notable for her music career.
*Patrice Roberts, Trinidadian Soca Singer
*Patrice Rushen, American R&B singer-songwriter
*Patrice Wymore, American film and television actress and widow of Errol Flynn
Fictional characters
*Patrice in the 2001 film ''Baby Boy (film), Baby Boy''
*Patrice, a secondary character in season 8 of the sitcom ''How I Met Your Mother''
*Patrice, a mother in Julie Anne Peters' books ''Luna'' and ''Define Normal''
*Patrice, a mercenary in the 2012 ''James Bond'' film ''Skyfall''
*Patrice de Broglie, volcanologist in Anne McCaffrey's book ''Dragonsdawn''
*Patrice Dellaplane in 1988 film ''Action Jackson (1988 film), Action Jackson''
*Patrice Johnson in 1988 musical film ''Dance 'til Dawn''
*Patrice McDowell in 1988 film ''Coming To America''
References
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English feminine given names
French masculine given names
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hu:Patrícia
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