Pat is a common first name, mostly a shortened version of either Patricia or Patrick. The name may refer to:

Trivia about pat

  • It's a synonym & an anagram of tap
  • A small piece of butter, or something you get "on the back"
  • Charles Eugene Boone is better known by this 1st name
  • "God Said 'Ha!'" stars Julia Sweeney, famous for playing this androgynous "Saturday Night Live" character
  • When followed by "down", to frisk someone, as for concealed weapons
  • California Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. went by the name Jerry; his father, also Governor, went by this nickname