Patricia vs Jennifer - What's the difference?
patricia | jennifer |
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* 1904 , Patty at Home , BiblioBazaar ,LLC( 2007), ISBN 1434621162, page 36:
* 1991 , Heat And Other Stories , Dutton , ISBN 0525933301:
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* 1906 , The Doctor's Dilemma , Act I:
* 1960 , The Hunt for Richard Thorpe , Doubleday, page 10:
* 2000 , Nothing Gold Can Stay , Dutton, ISBN 0525945598, page 131:
As proper nouns the difference between patricia and jennifer
is that patricia is (female given name) while jennifer is .patricia
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- - - - Our house is not of the era of Queen Isabella, but of the Princess Patricia ."
- "That sounds like Aunt Isabel. They always call me Patricia' there. Don't you think, papa, now that I'm getting so grown up, I ought to be called ' Patricia ? Patty is such a baby name."
- "Patty is good enough for me," said Mr. Fairfield. "If you want to be called Patricia', you must get somebody else to do it. I dare say you could hire somebody for a small sum per week to call you ' Patricia for a given number of times every day."
- "Now, you're making fun of me, papa; but I do want to grow up dignified, and not be a silly schoolgirl all my life."
- "Trix" was a derivation of Trish, our mother's girlhood name, or cognomen, as she called it; Trish was itself a derivation of Patricia . Trix disliked her original name because she thought it prissy and old-fashioned, but she didn't much like "Trix" either.
Usage notes
* The name was formerly rare in English, but became popular in the 20th century, partly due to Princess Patricia (1886-1974), a granddaughter of Queen Victoria, so named since she was born on St. Patrick's day.jennifer
English
Alternative forms
* JeniferProper noun
(en proper noun)- RIDGEON. Thats a wonderful drawing. Why is it called Jennifer ?
- MRS DUBEDAT. My name is Jennifer .
- RIDGEON. A strange name.
- MRS DUBEDAT. Not in Cornwall. I am Cornish. It's only what you call Guinevere.
- "Most people's sisters have decent names like Jennifer or Jane or something. What did you say hers was?"
- Jennifer . Jenny with the light brown hair. Jenny-fair, their high school French teacher had called her, and fair she had been.