Tricia is a feminine given name, often a short form (

hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek ; sometimes also ''hypocoristic''), or pet name, is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or ''Bob (given name), Bob'' fo ...

) of

Patricia Patricia is a feminine given name of Latin language, Latin origin. Derived from the Latin word ''Patrician (ancient Rome), patrician'', meaning 'noble', it is the feminine form of the masculine given name Patrick (given name), Patrick. Another we ...

. It may refer to:

People

* Patricia

Tricia Brock Patricia Elaine "Tricia" Baumhardt (née Brock; born July 7, 1979) is an American contemporary Christian singer-songwriter raised in Dillsboro, Indiana. She is best known as the lead vocalist of the American Christian rock Christian rock is ...

(born 1979), American contemporary Christian singer-songwriter *

Tricia Brown Tricia Brown (born 14 March 1979) is an Australian female rugby union player. She has also represented Australia in sevens rugby and cricket. She represented the Wallaroos at three Rugby World Cup's. Brown was a member of the Australian squ ...

(born 1979), Australian rugby union player * Patricia

Tricia Cast Patricia M. Cast (born November 16, 1966) is an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Nina Webster on the CBS soap opera ''The Young and the Restless''. Career Cast came to prominence on the television series ''The Bad Ne ...

(born 1966), American actress * Tricia Chuah (born 1982), Malaysian professional squash player *

Tricia Cooke Tricia Cooke (born June 25, 1965) is an American editor, screenwriter and producer. Career Cooke graduated in 1989 from New York University with a degree in film. Cooke and Ethan Coen started writing the script for the 2024 film ''Drive-Away ...

(born 1965), American editor, screenwriter and producer * Patricia

Tricia Cotham Patricia Ann Cotham (born November 26, 1978) is an American politician, lobbyist and former schoolteacher. She is a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 105th district, based in Mecklenburg County. Cotham represented ...

(born 1978), American politician * Patricia

Tricia Nixon Cox Patricia Nixon Cox (born February 21, 1946) is the elder daughter of the 37th United States president Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon, and the sister of Julie Nixon Eisenhower. She is married to Edward F. Cox and is the mother of Christ ...

(born 1946), elder daughter of former US President Richard Nixon *

Tricia Cullop Tricia Cullop (born April 24, 1971) is the current head coach of the Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team. She previously was the head coach with the Toledo Rockets women's basketball team. Early life Cullop played basketball at Purdue unde ...

(born 1971), American women's college basketball head coach *

Tricia Dunn-Luoma Patricia A. Dunn-Luoma (born April 25, 1974) is an American ice hockey player. She won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics, silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. She graduated from Pinkerto ...

(born 1974), American ice hockey player * Tricia Flores (born 1979) long and triple jumper and sprinter from Belize *

Tricia Guild Patricia Denise Guild OBE (born 1946 ''1500 Designs from All Ages and Cultures'' (2018) Running Press, Elizabeth Wilhide p159) is a British designer and the founder and Creative Director of Designers Guild an international home and lifestyle co ...

, British designer, entrepreneur and writer *

Tricia Helfer Tricia Janine Helfer (born April 11, 1974) is a Canadian actress and former model. She played Number Six in the science fiction series '' Battlestar Galactica'' (2004–2009). She also voiced Sarah Kerrigan in the video game ''StarCraft II'' an ...

(born 1976), Canadian actress and model *

Tricia Hunter Patricia Rae Hunter, (February 2, 1949) known by her nickname Tricia, is a former state legislator in California. She served in the California Assembly. A nurse by profession and a former member of the Registered Nurse Board, she won a special ...

(born 1949), American politician *

Tricia MacGregor Tricia MacGregor, known as Tricia Affleck from 2003 to 2015, (born September 25, 1970, in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) is a Canadian curler. She currently plays lead for the Shelly Bradley rink out of the Charlottetown Curling Complex ...

(born 1970), Canadian curler * Patricia Tricia Marwick (born 1953), Scottish politician *

Tricia Middleton Tricia Middleton (born 1972) is an installation artist based in Montreal, Quebec. Middleton's artistic practice often involves the creation of elaborate, large-scale installations built out of a variety of materials including trash, wax, craft sup ...

(born 1972), Canadian installation artist * Patricia

Tricia Penrose Patricia Penrose (born 9 April 1970) is an English actress, singer & broadcaster. She is best known for her role as Gina Ward in ITV's long-running 1960s drama '' Heartbeat'', a role she played continuously for 17 years from 1993 to 2010. She ...

(born 1970), English actress and singer * Patricia

Tricia Santos Tricia Santos (born Patricia Mae Santos) is a Filipina volleyball player, actress, and TV host. She started her career as a housemate in '' Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition 3'' in 2010. She later became a volleyball player and played for the US ...

(born 1995), Filipina volleyball player, actress and TV host * Tricia Saunders (born 1966), American amateur wrestler * Patricia

Tricia Smith Tricia Catherine Marjorie Smith (born April 14, 1957) is a Canadian lawyer and Olympic rower who was elected president of the Canadian Olympic Committee. She sits on the International Council of Arbitration for Sport. Biography Smith was born i ...

(born 1957), Canadian retired rower *

Tricia Springstubb Tricia Springstubb (born September 15, 1950, New York City, U.S.) is an American writer of children's, middle grade, and young adult literature. She has also published work in literary magazines. Springstubb is also a critic who writes for ' ...

(born 1950), American children's book author *

Tricia Stumpf Tricia Stumpf (born 1970) is an American skeleton racer who competed in the early 2000s. She won two bronze medals in the women's skeleton event at the FIBT World Championships, earning them in 2000 and 2001. Tricia was the Women's Nationa ...

(born 1970), American retired skeleton racer *

Tricia Sullivan Tricia Sullivan (born July 7, 1968 in New Jersey, United States) is an American science fiction writer. She also writes fantasy under the pseudonym Valery Leith. She moved to the United Kingdom in 1995. In 1999 she won the Arthur C. Clarke Awar ...

(born 1968), American science fiction writer * Patricia

Tricia Walker Patricia Margaret Walker (8 February 1964 – 8 January 2018), better known as Tricia Walker, was a contemporary British author, best known for her debut novel ''Benedict's Brother'', which was voted 'Book of the Year' by Publishing News and wa ...

(born 1964), British novelist *

Tricia Walsh-Smith Tricia Walsh-Smith (born 24 March 1956) is an English playwright and actress. Her plays include ''Bonkers'', ''Addictions'', ''The Last Journey '' and musical ''Change The Day''. Early life Born in RAF Gütersloh, Germany, Walsh-Smith was part ...

(born 1956), English playwright and actress *

Tricia Wright Tricia Wright (born 1 September 1958) is an English former professional darts player from Mitcham in Surrey. Her nickname was The Wright Stuff. Career Wright competed in the first PDC Women's World Championship final in 2010, losing 6-5 to S ...

(born 1958), English darts player

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Tricia Armstrong The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' in 1994, by order of first appearance. Eric Firman Eric Firman, portrayed by Malcolm Terris, was the owner of ''Firman's Freezers'' who appe ...

, on the British soap opera ''Coronation Street'' * Tricia Marie McMillan or

Trillian (character) Tricia Marie McMillan, also known as Trillian Astra, is a fictional character from Douglas Adams' series ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy''. She is most commonly referred to simply as "Trillian", a modification of her birth name, which sh ...

, in ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' series * Asian reporter Tricia Takinawa, in ''

Family Guy ''Family Guy'' is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series premiered on January 31, 1999, following Super Bowl XXXIII, with the rest of the first season airing from April 11, 1999. Th ...

Animals

Tricia (elephant) Tricia (24 January 1957 – 6 July 2022) was a female Asian elephant which resided at Perth Zoo in Perth, Western Australia. She was born in 1957 in Vietnam and was transported to Perth in 1963. Tricia was named after Tricia Reschke, the Miss A ...

, an Asian elephant at the Perth Zoo

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