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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • French : from a variant of the personal name Patrice (see Patrick).
  • Variant of Scottish Petrie.
  • A Patry or Patrie from the Poitou region of France is documented in Quebec City in 1675.

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