Details for the forename Patty

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Patty (female)


Variants:	Patsy (F) Patti (F)
Pet Name for:	Martha (F) Moireach (F) Pat (F) Patricia (F)
Can be spelt:	Pattie (F)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG Personal correspondent [MB]
Notes:	1. English pet name for Patricia, from Latin "noblewoman". 2. A Scottish pet name for the Gaelic Moireach [q.v.]. Because Moireach is Anglicized as Martha, we believe this is the reason why areas of the southern United States, pre-1776, used Patsy as a pet name, occurring in many official records, for Martha. [Source: correspondent MB]