Patty is the English diminutive of Patricia — from the Latin *patricius* ("noble, of the patrician class"). **A top-100 US baby name from 1944 to 1968**. **Patty Duke (1946-2016)** — **American actress; Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for *The Miracle Worker* (1962) at age 16 — at the time the youngest competitive Oscar winner ever (a record she held for 24 years until Tatum O'Neal in 1973)**; reprised the Helen Keller story for which she had won the Tony at age 13. **Patty Duke Show* (ABC 1963-1966) as identical cousins**; three Primetime Emmys; SAG Life Achievement Award (2008). **Open about her bipolar I disorder diagnosis — co-authored *Brilliant Madness* (1992) which is credited with reducing stigma**. **Patty Murray (born 1950)** — US Senator from Washington since 1992; first woman to chair the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, the Senate Budget Committee (2013), and President Pro Tempore (2023-present, fourth in line to the presidency)**. **Patty Smyth** ("The Warrior" 1984); **Patty Hearst**; **Patti LaBelle** (covered as Patti).
Featured throughout 20th-century American culture.
Patty reduces to nine — the number of Helen Keller.