I dislike nicknames like Pat. It sounds so boring and old, and I picture a Pat to be a stern history teacher in his sixties whose students hate him. If said Pat is a man and an old woman who the kids are scared of for a woman or a mean woman with no personality otherwise. Sorry to any Pats out there, surely you are wonderful people.Patch or Patches or Patty/Paddy or Tricia are much better to me.
― Anonymous User 12/11/2019
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I have a cousin named Pat and a bad memory of her, so dislike the name on females. Since I'm Irish by ancestry, though, I think it's cute for a man to be called Pay. However, I now have a slightly negative feeling of that also, since I just read here that the name means tit in Scandinavian!
This name doesn't have any personality for me at all. The only reason I like it just a very, very little bit is Pat Gardiner - Lucy Maud Montgomery's character.
I know that this is just a nickname, but the word Pat kinda puts me off from the name.
― Anonymous User 9/16/2016
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Completely non-descript nickname from about 60 years ago. Uni-gender and seems lazy somehow. You might as well say "hey, you" as soon as call someone "Pat".