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Masculine in French

by Ylva

10/11/2006, 4:29 PM

but unisex in USA. I've got a feeling that all uncommon names are considered feminine in USA. I guess people would think that since Clarice and Therese are feminine, Patrice must be too.

I certainly think Patrice would be much better for a girl than Patrick, though I like Patricia best.

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- Laura617 (guest) +1

10/11/2006, 11:23 PM

It must be masculine in Quebec, since there are several NHL players named Patrice

I'm not sure how common it is in Quebec, but there's several NHL players named Patrice including Patrice Bergeron and Patrice Brisebois.

- Laurie (guest)

10/12/2006, 7:42 AM

That would stand to reason if it is a French masculine name. However if you look at NameVoyager (which I believe tracks names in the US only based on social security records back about 100 years), Patrice never appears as a masculine name.

- Eilis (Suibhne)

10/11/2006, 8:49 PM

It has unisex usage in France

apparently, if these charts are correct and I'm interpreting them accurately. I don't know French, but they seem fairly straightforward.

For girls---Remarque : PATRICE est un prénom mixte. Les statistiques ci-dessus correspondent au genre féminin.

http://meilleursprenoms.com/stats/histogram.php3?recherche=patrice&sexe=F

For boys--Remarque : PATRICE est un prénom mixte. Les statistiques ci-dessus correspondent au genre masculin.

http://meilleursprenoms.com/stats/histogram.php3?recherche=patrice&partner=Recherchez

**Edited to add that I stand corrected if I'm reading them wrong or if the source is unreliable.

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- Laurie (guest)

10/11/2006, 5:12 PM

I wouldn't call Patrice unisex. It may be a masculine french name, but that could also be said of Michel (feminized as Michelle in the US). I never heard of a boy named Michel in the US. That said, Patrice is an extrememly uncommon name nowadays.

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