Meaning and background
The story behind Patty
Patty has a longer history than its familiar connection to Patricia might suggest. Behind the Name identifies it originally as a variant of Matty, a seventeenth-century diminutive of Martha. Today it is commonly used as a diminutive of Patricia. Those two routes can matter in a family tribute: a Patty named for Martha has a documented basis just as one named for Patricia does, without giving both longer names the same etymology.
- Origin
- Originally a variant of Matty, a seventeenth-century diminutive of Martha; now commonly a diminutive of Patricia. Source
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About Patty
Recorded as a dog’s name
Patty appears in 7 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/pæti/
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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/pæti/ · primary stress on syllable 1P AE1 T IY0
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- 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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