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[Opinions] Patricia
I'm suddenly smitten with Patricia. What a lush, kindly appellation! I especially love that this patrician moniker has become plebeian due to extensive use. Such a fun paradox!What does everyone else think? Am I alone in my enthrallment? Here are some combinations I've crafted:Patricia Chloe
Patricia Clio
Patricia Clothilde
Patricia Edith
Patricia Elinor
Patricia Eloise
Patricia Eulalie
Patricia Eveline
Patricia Inez
Patricia Odette
Patricia Odile
Patricia Opal
Patricia Ottilie
Patricia Ottoline
Patricia Phoebe
Patricia Rosamond / Rosamund / Rosemonde
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I like Patricia, it's very swishy and elegant - but not Pat, which really kills the glamour. Trish isn't much better, but definitely preferable.
Patricia Odile is my favourite, it's lovely.
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I find it fresh, and surprising on a youngster. I've been incorporating it of late. I like Margot Patricia, after my aunt, Patsy (Patricia Margo), whom I adore.I like it after an understated first name with tonic stress on the first syllable:Enid Patricia
Edith Patricia
Esther Patricia
Ellen PatriciaOf your combos, my favorite is Patricia Phoebe.

This message was edited 9/14/2014, 9:43 AM

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"What a lush, kindly appellation! I especially love that this patrician moniker has become plebeian due to extensive use. Such a fun paradox!"I feel like I'm reading an 18th-century seduction novel (which, if you aren't familiar, is the 18th-C equivalent of a soap opera or a telenovela). I wouldn't mention this unkind thought if this post didn't have such an elitist edge, but it does, so I will. That said, I like Patricia.

This message was edited 9/14/2014, 8:26 AM

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lol!Remember Anne of Green Gables, always trying to show off with her big words? "Oh, it's so TRAGICAL!"
This is what this poster's threads often remind me of.
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If you knew me, you'd know that the words I choose -- grandiloquent though they may be -- are those that first spring to my mind. I have no need to prove my intelligence to others.
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I enjoy your florid phrases, and always click on your posts. I cannot say that for everyone else.

This message was edited 9/16/2014, 6:15 AM

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In my opinion, your comment is far more laudatory than contumelious, so I thank you!
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It's my sister's name, and it was wildly popular at the time my sister's and my generation were being born, as you're well aware. So between it being the name of my sister, and its popularity, for a long time I felt towards it the contempt born out of familiarity.At some point, though, I began to separate it from all that, and appreciate it for what it is, and what it is is a soft, feminine, pretty, and as you say, patrician name. I think there was a reason that it was so popular. Of course, it's now dated, as eventually becomes true for all popular names.I like Patricia Eulalie and Patricia Rosamond. My sister is Patricia Jeanne, but I certainly don't recommend the fillerish Jeanne, though it does flow well.
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I strongly dislike Patricia. It makes me think of a very irritating woman in her 40s. I don't know why, sorry if I insulted anyone :-P I just don't like the sound of it. And in general i'm not a fan of female versions of male names, except for Pauline. From your mn's I like Eloise and Edith.
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I quite like Patricia too. It's soft, yet polished. I'm growing fond of the classier midcentury names like Patricia, Deborah, Jacqueline, Angela, Marguerite, Virginia and the like. They all have that familiar-yet-posh feeling.I'm fond of these creations of yours:Patricia Chloe
Patricia Clio - also Patricia Cleo
Patricia Eloise
Patricia Eulalie
Patricia Eveline
Patricia Odette
Patricia Opal
Patricia Ottoline
Patricia Phoebe
Patricia Rosamond / Rosamund / Rosemonde
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I can't help liking Deborah, in spite of the profusion of Debbies with whom I grew up. Unfortunately, though, quite a few of the Debbies were actually named Debra, an abomination. I could go for Deborah if she were never called Debbie, but I never knew a Deborah or a Debra who wasn't called Debbie.
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I just looked at both Debra and Deborah's popularity and I cannot believe how popular they were in the 50s! Both spellings were in the top 10! I imagine this means that Deb names were more common than Mary. Debbie is awful to my ears, but I guess it's just because I have bad associations. If I wasn't so dated to the 50s, I bet it'd be back in with the other nicknamy names, like Addie, Maddie, Emmie, Evie, Tilly, etc.
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Debbie is kinda gross, but Deb could be a fun little nickname I think!
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Marguerite & Patricia is such a subtly glamorous sibset!
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