Frequency: (263)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. French: from a variant of the personal name Patrice (see Patrick).
2. Variant of Scottish Petrie.
FOREBEARS: A Patry or Patrie from the Poitou region of France is documented in Quebec City in 1675.
GIVEN NAMES: French 19%. Adrien (2), Jean-Guy (2), Pierre (2), Benoit, Gaston, Gisele, Jean-Pierre, Julien, Luc, Lucien, Marcel, Michel.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
