Meaning & Origin
A female given name from English.
Patience is a girl's and boy's baby name of Latin origin, from the Latin patientia, meaning 'endurance, tolerance, long-suffering' — the virtue of bearing difficulties calmly and without complaint. One of the Puritan virtue names that entered English naming in the 17th century.
Patience is one of the classical virtue names that has genuine staying power — unlike Prudence or Temperance, it has never entirely fallen out of use. It carries a quiet strength: the ability to wait without anxiety, to endure without breaking. There's something deeply appealing about a name that is itself a philosophy of living.