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Patience

/PAY-shens/Luganda & Hausa & Lingala & Shona · a girl’s name

Steadfast patience and a calm, enduring spirit

In Luganda

How to say it
PAY-shens
Given to
Girls
Used in
Uganda
How common
common

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

Patience

Nicknames & short forms

Patie

In Hausa

How to say it
PAY-shens
Given to
Girls
Used in
Nigeria, Niger
How common
uncommon

In Lingala

How to say it
pa-SYENS
Given to
Girls
Used in
DR Congo, Congo-Brazzaville
How common
common

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

Patience

Nicknames & short forms

Pati

From the same family

In Shona

How to say it
PAY-shens
Given to
Boys and girls
Used in
Zimbabwe
How common
common

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

Patience

Nicknames & short forms

Pat