Patience
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning the virtue of patience, forbearance.
Patience by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Patience. In the US, 177 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 508 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Patience. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean patience
Like Patience, each of these has patience in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Conniea form of Constance; steadfast or constant324 in England and Wales (2025)
- Constancesteadfast, constant116 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sahanapatient; forbearing; easy to bear136 in the US (2017)
- Halimagentle; mild; patient129 in England and Wales (2025)
- Constantinesteadfast, constant, unwavering99 in the US (2017)
- Haleemapatient, forbearing, clement54 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean purity
Like Patience, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Patience
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