Meaning and history
This name comes from the English word patience, ultimately from Latin patientia, a derivative of pati “to suffer.” It was one of the virtue names coined by the Puritans in the 17th century and is now most commonly used in African countries where English is widely understood, such as Nigeria and Ghana.
20062006: 508 births, rank #577
2007: 454 births, rank #653
2008: 384 births, rank #765
2009: 383 births, rank #746
2010: 341 births, rank #803
20112011: 315 births, rank #837
2012: 316 births, rank #844
2013: 291 births, rank #886
2014: 273 births, rank #977
2015: 246 births, rank #1,068
20162016: 206 births, rank #1,203
2017: 181 births, rank #1,299
2018: 213 births, rank #1,145
2019: 236 births, rank #1,069
2020: 229 births, rank #1,078
20212021: 231 births, rank #1,081
2022: 203 births, rank #1,183
2023: 198 births, rank #1,205
2024: 174 births, rank #1,317
20252025: 172 births, rank #1,295
Patience moved from #887 to #978 for girls between 2013 and 2014. Its highest annual birth count came in 2006, with 508 births.