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Patricia vs Jennifer - What's the difference?

patricia | jennifer |

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)
  • .
  • * 1904 , Patty at Home , BiblioBazaar ,LLC( 2007), ISBN 1434621162, page 36:
  • - - - 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."
  • * 1991 , Heat And Other Stories , Dutton , ISBN 0525933301:
  • "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

    * Jenifer

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1906 , The Doctor's Dilemma , Act I:
  • 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.
  • * 1960 , The Hunt for Richard Thorpe , Doubleday, page 10:
  • "Most people's sisters have decent names like Jennifer or Jane or something. What did you say hers was?"
  • * 2000 , Nothing Gold Can Stay , Dutton, ISBN 0525945598, page 131:
  • Jennifer . Jenny with the light brown hair. Jenny-fair, their high school French teacher had called her, and fair she had been.

    Usage notes

    The name was mostly used in Cornwall before the 20th century. It became popular in all English-speaking countries, first in UK in the 1950s, and then in US as the top name for women born in 1970-1984.