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Also used among the English Romani community in the 1800s:
http://gypsygenealogy.org/2019/10/23/parthenia/
https://www.ancestry.com.au/genealogy/records/lucy-lock-24-z8mks -- her daughter, Parthenia Boswell
Penny, Patsy, Patty, Pansy, Pia, Nia and Thea could be nicknames.
Parthenia was listed on the top 1000 names in the United States in the 1800s and early 1900s.
Popularized in England by Sir Philip Sidney's romance "Arcadia" (1590).
Parthenia appeared in the US Top 1000 for females in the 1890s, but hasn't reappeared since.

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