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Why parents love Patience- Patience is a Virtue is one of the most quoted proverbs.
- The Puritans made it a given name — maximum heritage.
- Guns N' Roses' Patience is rock's most beautiful ballad.
- Three syllables with a calm, steady sound: PAY-shens.
- The meaning endurance is the most quietly powerful virtue.
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The vibe of Patience
endurancewaitingLatinPuritanvirtueGuns N' Rosesballadproverbsteady
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Origin & history of Patience
Latin patientia (endurance/suffering)
→ English Patience
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English / Latin roots
Patience comes from the Latin patientia meaning endurance. The Puritans made it a given name. Patience is a Virtue is one of the most quoted proverbs. Guns N' Roses' Patience is one of rock's most beautiful ballads.
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First recorded
Earliest known use: Puritan virtue name; Guns N' Roses (1989).
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Today
Patience remains a beloved choice, ranking #1168 in the US. 12,293 babies have been named Patience since 1880.
◈ Sources: Behind the Name, Oxford Dictionary of First Names, SSA data
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How popular is Patience?
2006
peak year
Patience appears in U.S. registration data going all the way back to 1880, when records begin. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 2006, 508 babies received the name (ranked #578). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #1168), with roughly 214 babies named Patience each year. Patience's usage has held roughly steady recently. In total, around 12,293 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations
1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
508
Babies named in peak year
(ranked #578)
(ranked #578)
214
Avg. per year
(last decade)
(last decade)
2,140
Total registrations
last 10 years
last 10 years
12,293
All-time total
(since 1880)
(since 1880)
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Numerology of Patience1
Life path number
The Leader
Leadership, independence and pioneering spirit.
Patience's Life Path 7 is the seeker's number — patient seeking. People named Patience tend to be steady, enduring, and gifted at being the virtue that makes everything else possible.
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Virtue that makes everything possible✦
Puritan-heritage◈
GNR-ballad beautiful◎
Endurance-steady♡
Most-quietly powerfulP7
A1
T2
I9
E5
N5
C3
E5
Sum: 37 → Life path 1
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Personality of Patience🌟
Independent & bold
These individuals chart their own course. They lead, they don't follow.
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Ambitious drive
Quiet determination sits behind everything they do.
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Original ideas
Their minds work differently — seeing angles others walk past.
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Natural authority
Without trying, they earn respect.
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