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Actually both Patty and Patsy were in frequent use as female names in the USA centuries before Patricia was in use. In the 1600s and 1700s these were pet forms of Martha, just as Peggy was a pet form of Margaret and Polly was a pet form of Mary. [noted -ed]

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