How to honor a Patricia

That.Just.Happened

DD#1's name completely honors my family (Everett is my dad and grandad, Jane is for my mom, Janet).  So the next child really needs to honor my husband's family in some way.  We have had no problem figuring out a boy name, but the girl options are really stumping me.

MIL is Patricia.  I really dislike the name (and dislike Tricia even more).  Any clever ways to somehow honor it?

NativeNyer

How about Patrice or Patrina ?

mrsbecky07

What's her middle name?  H's mom is Patricia and I'm not a fan of it, but I would use her MN (May) as a MN for a future daughter.  and funny bc my mom is Janet - and I would never use Janet, but I'd use Jane, Janie or Jeanette. 

mlf625

Does she have a nice middle name?  Or could her maiden name work?

giraffe54

mrsbecky07:

What's her middle name?  H's mom is Patricia and I'm not a fan of it, but I would use her MN (May) as a MN for a future daughter.  and funny bc my mom is Janet - and I would never use Janet, but I'd use Jane, Janie or Jeanette. 

I, too, dislike the name Patricia. Fingers crossed your MIL has a nice middle name. 

austenreader85

DH's mother died when he was 8, she was named Patricia.  Neither of us like it that much so we're using her middle name, Ann.  I think Patrice is ok, Patsy is cute, I hate Tricia.

brookelynpaisley

Patrick means "nobleman" so maybe you could use a female name that means "noble"

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Laurakat81

I can only think of Patience. Not really a fan of it either...I'd definitely have to only honor her with a middle name.

mgrulke

Are you for sure having another girl?  I love the name Patrick it is a very strong and not so common name anymore.

I do like Patsy for a name, or how about another name starting with a P. 

joyhart02

mrsbecky07:

What's her middle name?  H's mom is Patricia and I'm not a fan of it, but I would use her MN (May) as a MN for a future daughter.  and funny bc my mom is Janet - and I would never use Janet, but I'd use Jane, Janie or Jeanette. 

I want to honor my grandmother with this baby and her name is Patricia, I do not care for that name that much either so we will be using her middle name Mae for this baby's middle name.

irish city girl

What about using it as a middle name?  My sister is Megan Patricia.  Patricia is for my grandmother.  It's a tough name.  I've thought about it as well.

HeyJune

I'm in the deep South (you may be too judging by your GT photo) and a common way to honor a MIL here is by using her maiden name or her mother's name, if she got along well with her mother.

If you want to stick with using the name she goes by, I think Patrice could be a lovely middle name as well.

I know some would disagree with me on this, but I think anything too clever, like using just the first letter of Patricia or by using something that has the same meaning is like saying "I wanted to honor you but I didn't like your name."

braveangel2

Here's a list of all names related to Patrice. It's not much and most have been suggested.

https://www.behindthename.com/name/patrice-1/related

Here's a list of all female names with the word 'noble' in the meaning somewhere. this looks much more promising.

https://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?nmd=mdu&terms=noble

Or you could just give her the middle name Noble as a more direct approach. A middle name spot is a great way to be a bit more adventurous and can act like a hidden gem. Practice telling her name story and see if 'her grandmother's name means noble' works for you. GL!