Meaning and background
The story behind Patton
Patton has an English, northern Irish, and Scottish surname history. The Dictionary of American Family Names traces it through medieval Patun or Paton, an Old French diminutive built on a short form of Patrick. That gives the spelling a documented personal-name ancestry within the surname. It can preserve a family tribute without requiring the name to refer to a particular military figure or derive from a modern English word.
- Origin
- Surname from medieval Patun or Paton, a diminutive in the Patrick name family. Source
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About Patton
Recorded as a dog’s name
Patton appears in 10 dog licence records in the 2022 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/pætən/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/pætən/ · primary stress on syllable 1P AE1 T AH0 N
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — all seven available extract years, retrieved 24 October 2026 — Recorded name spellings in NYC licence-period rows, extract years 2016–2018, 2022–2024 and 2026. Evidence selects one stated year per name. Annual snapshots overlap; never sum them as unique dogs. No national popularity, etymology or owner naming-intent claim.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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