"head"
The name Pate is commonly a male name from the "English" origin that means "head".
Pate is an English surname recorded in medieval documents that has been used as a given name in the United States since the early twentieth century. Standard surname dictionaries give two sources: the Middle English word pate, meaning "head", used as a nickname, and the medieval personal name Pate, a short form of Patrick.
The pronunciation of Pate is PAYT.
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