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{{Infobox Given Name Revised
| name = Patsy
|image=File:Patsy Cline publicity photo.jpg
|imagesize=
|caption=Country western singer [[Patsy Cline]] (1932–1963)
| pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|æ|t|s|i}} {{respell|PAT|see}}
| gender = Unisex
| meaning = ''"Noble"'' (i.e. a patrician)
| region = north England, Scotland, & Ireland
| origin = Latin ''Patricius''
| related names = [[Martha (name)|Martha]], [[Matilda (name)|Matilda]], [[Mattie (name)|Mattie]], [[Patricia (given name)|Patricia]], [[Patrick (given name)|Patrick]], [[Patti (name)|Patti]], [[Patty (given name)|Patty]]
| footnotes =
}}
{{toc right}}[[File:Martha Parke Custis.jpg|right|thumb|[[Martha Parke Custis|Patsy Custis]] (1756–1773), the daughter of [[Martha Washington]] and stepdaughter of [[George Washington]].]] [[File:Martha Jefferson Randolph cropped.jpg|right|thumb|[[Martha Jefferson Randolph]] (1772–1836), was nicknamed Patsy.]][[File:Princess Patricia wounded Canadian Soldiers.jpg|right|thumb|[[Princess Patricia of Connaught]] (1886–1974), pictured with wounded Canadian soldiers in 1917. Her nickname was Patsy.]]

'''Patsy''' is a [[given name]] often used as a [[diminutive]] of the feminine [[given name]] [[Patricia (given name)|Patricia]] or sometimes the masculine name [[Patrick (given name)|Patrick]], or occasionally other names containing the syllable "Pat" (such as Cleopatra, Patience, or Patrice). Among [[Italian Americans]], it is often used as a [[pet name]] for [[Pasquale (disambiguation)|Pasquale]].<ref name="Edgar's Name Pages"/>

In older usage, Patsy was also a nickname for [[Martha (name)|Martha]] or [[Matilda (name)|Matilda]], following a common nicknaming pattern of changing an M to a P (such as in Margaret → Meg/Meggy → Peg/Peggy; and Molly → Polly) and adding a feminine suffix.<ref name="Edgar's Name Pages">{{cite news|work=edgarbook|url=http://geocities.com/edgarbook/names/p/patsy.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021141021/http://geocities.com/edgarbook/names/p/patsy.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 October 2009|title= Names: Patsy|access-date= 16 November 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://genealogy.about.com/library/bl_nicknames.htm|title=Common Nicknames & Their Given Name Equivalents|website=About.com|access-date=16 November 2007|archive-date=6 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206011014/http://genealogy.about.com/library/bl_nicknames.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

President [[George Washington]] called his wife, [[Martha Washington|Martha]], "Patsy" in private correspondence. President [[Thomas Jefferson]]'s eldest daughter [[Martha Jefferson Randolph|Martha]] was known by the nickname "Patsy", while his daughter [[Mary Jefferson Eppes|Mary]] was called "Polly".{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}

== Women with the name ==
* Patricia [[Patsy Adam-Smith]] (1924–2001), Australian author, historian, and servicewoman
* Patricia [[Patsy Aldana]], Canadian children's book publisher
* [[Patsy Biscoe]] (born 1946), Australian children's entertainer
* Patricia [[Patsy Burt]] (1928–2001), British motor racing driver
* Patricia [[Patsy Byrne]] (1933–2014), English actress
* [[Patsy Chapman]] (born 1948), British newspaper editor
* [[Patsy Cline]] (1932–1963), American country singer
* Patsy [[Pat Danner]] (born 1934), American politician
* [[Patsy De Forest]] (1894–1966), American actress
* Patricia [[Patsy Elsener]] (1929–2019), American diver
* Patricia [[Patsy Ferran]] (born 1989), Spanish-British actress
* Patricia [[Patsy Gallant]] (born 1948), Canadian singer and actress
* Virginia [[Patsy Garrett]] (1921–2015), American actress and singer
* [[Patsy Hazlewood]] (born 1949), American politician
* [[Patsy Jo Hilliard]] (born 1937), African-American educator
* [[Patsy Jorgensen]] (born 1943), New Zealand bowler
* Sarah [[Patsy Kelly]] (1910–1981), American actress
* Patricia [[Patsy Kensit]] (born 1968), British actress and singer
* [[Patsy Knight]] (born 1938), American politician
* Patricia [[Patsy Lawlor]] (1933–1997), Irish politician, nurse and businesswoman
* Patricia [[Patsy Lovell]] (born 1954), English cricketer, member of the 1988 World Cup team
* [[Patsy Lynch]] (born 1953), American photographer
* Patricia [[Patsy May]] (born 1947), Australian cricketer 1968–1976
* Patricia [[Patsy Ruth Miller]] (1904–1995), American actress
* [[Patsy Mink]] (1927–2002), American politician
* [[Patsy O'Connor]] (1930–2017), American actress and entertainer
* [[Patsy O'Leary]] (1910–????), American actress
* [[Patsy Palmer]] (born 1972), English actress and DJ
* Patricia [[Patsy Parsons]] (1931–2006), American character actress
* Gladys [[Patsy Pulitzer]] (1928–2011), American model, socialite and philanthropist
* [[Patsy Quick]], English motorcycle racer
* Patricia [[Patsy Ramsey]] (1956–2006), mother of slain child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey
* Patricia [[Patsy Reddy]] (born 1954), Governor-General of New Zealand
* [[Patsy Robertson]] (1933–2020), Jamaican diplomat and journalist
* [[Patsy Rodenburg]] (born 1953), British voice coach, author and theatre director
* Patricia [[Patsy Rowlands]] (1934–2005), British actress in the ''Carry On'' films
* [[Patsy Seddon]], Scottish harpist, violinist, and traditional singer
* [[Patsy Sörensen]] (born 1952), Belgian politician and social activist
* [[Patsy O’Connell Sherman]] (1930–2008), American chemist and co-inventor of Scotchgard
* [[Patsy Ford Simms]] (born 1946), American composer, arranger, and educator
* Patricia [[Patsy Smart]] (1918–1996), English actress
* [[Patsy Stephen]], Australian actress
* Patricia [[Patsy Ticer]] (1935–2017), American politician
* [[Patsy Terrell]] (1961–2017), American politician
* Patricia [[Patsy Torres]] (born 1957), American singer
* [[Patsy Vatlet]], Belgian politician
* [[Patsy Widakuswara]], Indonesian-American radio and broadcast journalist
* Mary Patricia [[Patsy Willard]] (born 1941), American diver
* Patricia [[Patsy Wolfe]], Australian lawyer and judge
* [[Patsy Yates]], Australian nursing academic and palliative care specialist
* Patricia [[Patsy Yuen]] (born 1952), Jamaican designer and beauty pageant titleholder

== Men with the name ==
* Francis [[Patsy Boylen]] (1878–1938), English professional rugby league footballer
* [[Patsy Bradley]] (born 1984), Gaelic footballer from Northern Ireland
* [[Patsy Breen]], Gaelic footballer
* Patrick [[Patsy Brophy]] (born 1970), Irish retired hurler
* Patrick [[Patsy Brown]] (1872–1958), Irish-American maker of [[uilleann pipes]]
* Francis [[Patsy Callighen]] (1906–1964), Canadian National Hockey League player
* [[Patsy Conroy]] (1846–????), American burglar and river pirate
* Patrick [[Patsy Corcoran]] (1893–1967), Scottish professional footballer
* Patrick [[Patsy Donovan]] (1865–1953), Irish-American Major League Baseball player and manager
* Patrick [[Patsy Dorgan]] (1936–2021), Irish footballer
* Patrick [[Patsy Dougherty]] (1876–1940), American Major League Baseball player
* Patrick [[Patsy Durack]] (1834–1898), Australian pastoralist
* [[Patsy Fagan]] (born 1951), Irish retired professional snooker player
* Patrick [[Patsy Flaherty]] (1876–1968), American baseball player
* Patrick [[Patsy Flannelly]] (1909–1939), Irish Gaelic footballer
* Patrick [[Patsy Foley]] (born 1943), Irish retired hurler
* Patrick [[Patsy Gallacher]] (1891–1953), Irish footballer
* [[Patsy Gerardi]], American football player
* Edward Patrick [[Patsy Gharrity]] (1892–1966), American professional baseball player and coach
* Pascal [[Patsy Giugliano]] (1900–1976), American football player
* Patrick [[Patsy Gormley]] (1932–2022), Gaelic footballer
* Patrick [[Patsy Groogan]], Irish politician
* Patrick [[Patsy Guzzo]] (1914–1993), Canadian ice hockey player
* [[Patsy Harte]] (born 1940), Irish former hurler
* Elias [[Patsy Hendren]] (1889–1962), British cricketer
* Patrick [[Patsy Houlihan]] (1929–2006), English snooker player
* Patrick [[Patsy Keefe]] (1878–1941), American football coach
* [[Pasqualino Lolordo]] (1887–1929), Italian-American mobster
* Mark [[Patsy McGaffigan]] (1888–1940), American baseball player
* [[Patsy McGarry]], writer and newspaper editor
* [[Patsy McGlone]] (born 1959), Irish politician
* Patrick [[Patsy McIlvenny]] (1900–1931), Irish professional footballer
* [[Patsy McLarnon]], Gaelic footballer
* [[Patsy Moran]] (born 1951), Irish hurler
* [[Patsy O'Hara]] (1957–1981), [[Irish Republican]] hunger striker and member of the [[Irish National Liberation Army]]
* Joseph [[Patsy O'Rourke]] (1881–1956), American baseball player
* [[Patsy Dan Rodgers]] (1944–2018), Irish painter, musician, and King of Tory
* Patrick [[Patsy Rowland]] (born 1943), Irish hurling coach and player
* Joseph [[Patsy Séguin]] (1887–1918), Canadian professional ice hockey player
* Patrick [[Patsy Sweeney]] (1879–1948), American boxer
* Oliver [[Patsy Tebeau]] (1864–1918), American baseball player and manager
* Patrick [[Patsy Touhey]] (1865–1923), American comedian
* [[Patsy Vidalia]] (1921–1982), American female impersonator, singer, and entertainer
* [[Patsy Watchorn]] (born 1944), Irish folk singer

== Fictional characters ==
* Patsy (Monty Python), in the 1975 film ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]'', and also the 2005 Monty Python inspired musical ''[[Spamalot]]''
* Patsy, the title character in the newspaper comic strip ''[[The Adventures of Patsy]]'' (1935–1954)
* [[Patsy Parisi]], in [[HBO]] series ''[[The Sopranos]]''
* [[Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn#Cast|Patsy Pirati]], in the film ''[[Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn]]'' (2013)
* [[Patsy Sewer]], a singer on the Canadian television program ''[[Instant Star]]''
* [[Patsy Smiles]], a [[mongoose]] who is in love with Lazlo in the 2005 American animated television series ''[[Camp Lazlo]]''
* [[Patsy Stone]], one of the main characters in the 1992–2005 British television series ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]'', played by [[Joanna Lumley]]
* [[Patsy Walker]], also known as "Hellcat", a [[Marvel Comics]] superhero

==Victim of deception==
The popularity of the name has waned with the rise of its, chiefly North American,<ref>{{cite news|editor1=Catherine Soanes|editor2=Angus Stevenson|year=2005|work=Oxford Dictionary of English|edition=2nd revised|title=Patsy|publisher= Oxford University Press|location= Oxford, New York|page=1291|isbn=978-0-19-861057-1}}</ref> meaning as "[[:wikt:dupe|dupe]]" or "[[Scapegoating|scapegoat]]".<ref name="Edgar's Name Pages"/> ''Fact, Fancy and Fable'', published in 1889, notes that in a sketch performed in Boston "about twenty years ago" a character would repeatedly ask "Who did that?" and the answer was "Patsy Bolivar!"<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s-G_VVq2A-kC&pg=PA275
|title=Balderdash & Piffle|author=Alex Games|publisher=Random House|year=2010|isbn=9781446415054|pages=275}}</ref> It may have been popularized by the [[vaudeville|vaudevillian]] [[Billy B. Van]], whose 1890s character, Patsy Bolivar, was more often than not an innocent victim of unscrupulous or nefarious characters.<ref>{{cite web|title=Patsy|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=patsy|website=Online Etymology Dictionary|access-date=7 August 2016}}</ref> Van's character became a broad vaudeville "type", imitated by many comedians, including [[Fred Allen]], who later wrote, "Patsy Bolivar was a slang name applied to a bumpkin character; later, it was shortened to Patsy, and referred to any person who was the butt of a joke."<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert S. Bader|title= Four of the Three Musketeers: The Marx Brothers On Stage
|publisher=Northwestern University Press|year=2016|page=103}}</ref>

[[Lee Harvey Oswald]], after the [[assassination of John F. Kennedy]], denied he was responsible for the murder, and stated: "No, they are taking me in because of the fact that I lived in the Soviet Union. I'm just a patsy!"<ref>{{Cite news|work= American Experience
|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/oswald/|title=Oswald's Ghost|publisher=PBS|access-date=13 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/26/us/jfk-assassination.html|title=A J.F.K. Assassination Glossary: Key Figures and Theories|date=26 October 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=13 May 2018|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

Byron Smith, after [[Byron David Smith killings|killing Haile Kifer and her cousin, Nicholas Brady]], also claimed he was a patsy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1405/02/ng.01.html|website=CNN|title=Transcripts|access-date=15 July 2018}}</ref>

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