Patience
Patience is a girl name of English origin, meaning Calm endurance.
What Patience means
Calm endurance.
Patience sits at 8 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room. Its 4 vowels give it a flowing rhythm.
Where Patience comes from
English names come from a long layering of Anglo-Saxon, Norman French, and biblical sources. Many began as surnames, place names, or occupations before they were ever used as first names.
Patience is recorded as English in origin. Browse other English names.
How popular is Patience?
Patience does not currently chart in the top 100 girl names. Rankings move constantly, and names can spend decades out of the lists before returning — so this says more about the present moment than about the name itself.
The character of Patience
Patience spans Peace and Gentle, which is why it can read differently depending on which association you notice first. Both threads are worth following.
Names like Patience
These share Patience's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Malie — Calm and gentle.
- Serena — Serene and calm.
- Serenity — Peace and calm.
- Subira — Patience.
- Temperance — Moderation and restraint.
- Lily — The lily flower — purity and beauty.
- Dove — The bird of peace.
- Fawn — A young deer; gentle.
- Mercy — Compassion and forgiveness.
- Haven — A safe refuge.
- Wilfred — One who wishes for peace.
- Winter — The cold, still season.
More English names
- Parker — Keeper of the park.
- Pearline — Little pearl.
- Pansy — Thought; the pansy flower.
- Percy — One who pierces the valley.
- Ottoline — Prosperous; fortunate.
- Petunia — The trumpet-shaped flower.
- Oswald — Divine power; God's ruler.
- Pierce — Rock; stone.
- Oaklynn — From the oak meadow pool.
- Poppy — The bright red poppy flower.