Patience

“The virtue of patience” — English (virtue name) origin

Girl's name · #1297 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Patience reached #578 in 2006 and has eased to #1297 since. About 12,000 girls have carried it since 1880.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 19 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Patiences

Patience Ozokwor — Nigerian actress
Patience Dabany — Gabonese musician
Patience Cooper — Indian actress (1905-1983)
Patience Jonathan — former First Lady of Nigeria and permanent secretary in Bayelsa
Patience Okon George — Nigerian sprinter

Among 97 notable people named Patience:

Sports figures appear 1.89× more often than among typical names — e.g. Patience Okon George, Nigerian sprinter.

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