Patrick is a name derived from the Latin name Patricius (patrician, i.e. "nobleman"). Owing to the importance of Saint Patrick in Irish history, it is an especially popular name in Ireland. Other versions of Patrick include Padraic, Pádraig, Pat, Rick, Ricky and Patricia.
[edit] Notable people called Patrick
- Saint Patrick
- Patrik Andersson, a Swedish football player
- Patrik Berger, a Czech football player
- Patrick Blake (1846–1909), a Canadian politician
- Pat Boone, an American singer
- Paddy Bradley, an Irish Gaelic football player
- Patrick Buchanan, an American political commentator, author and politician
- Patrick Burris, an American judoka and two-time Olympian
- Patrick Tracy Burris (1967–2009), an American spree killer
- Patrick Cargill, a British actor
- Patrick Cary, (c.1624–1658), an English poet
- Patrick Carney, an American drummer
- Pat Cash, an Australian tennis player
- Patrick Chan, a Canadian figure skater
- Pat Chapman, an English food writer
- Padraic Colum (1881–1972), an Irish author
- Pat Condell, an English stand-up comedian
- Patrick E. Crago, an American medical researcher
- Patrick Dempsey, an American actor
- Patrick Doyle, a film composer
- Patrick Duffy, an American actor
- Patrick Duggan, a Roman Catholic Bishop of Clonfert in Ireland
- Patrick Eaves, an American-Canadian ice hockey player
- Patrick Ewing, an American basketball player
- Patrick Faber (field hockey), a Dutch field hockey player
- Patrick Fitzgerald, an American Attorney
- Patrick Flanagan, an American inventor
- Sean Patrick Flanery, an American actor
- Patrick de Gayardon (1960–1998), a French skydiver, skysurfer and BASE jumper
- Patrick F. Gill, an American Representative
- Patrick Gordon, an Imperial Russian Army general
- Patrick Hanrahan, an Australian writer
- Pádraig Harrington, an Irish professional golfer
- Patrick Harvey, an Australian actor
- Patrick Henry (1736–1799), an American revolutionary figure
- Patrick Heuscher, a Swiss volleyball player
- Patrick Hillery (1923–2008), the sixth President of Ireland (1976–1990)
- Patrick Jeffrey, an American diver
- Patrick Jones, a Welsh poet and playwright
- Patrick Kane, a professional ice hockey player
- Patrick J. Kennedy a former United States congressman
- Pat Kiernan, a television news anchor
- Patrick Kluivert, a Dutch football player
- Patrick Kühl, a German swimmer
- Patrick Lane (born 1939), a Canadian poet
- Patrick Matt, a Liechtensteiner cyclist
- Pat Matzdorf, an American athlete
- Patrick Mboma, a Cameroon football player
- Patrick McEnroe, an American tennis player
- Patrick McGoohan (1928–2009), an Irish-American actor
- Patrick McGuinness (disambiguation), multiple people
- Pat Metheny, an American jazz guitarist
- Sir Patrick Moore, an English astronomer
- Pat Morita (1932–2005), a Japanese-American actor
- Pat Mountain, a Welsh football player
- Steven Patrick Morrissey (born 1959), a British singer
- Patrick Monahan, the rock band train front man
- Patrick O'Brian (1914–2000), an English author and translator
- Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu (aka Tinie Tempah), a British rapper
- Pat Paulsen (1927–1997), American comedian and satirist
- Patrick Pearse (aka Pádraig Pearse) (1879-1916), an Irish activist and revolutionary
- Patrick Rakovsky, a German football player
- Patrick Rechner, a Canadian Captain taken hostage working as a UN observer in Bosnia
- Pat Roberts, an American Senator from Kansas
- Pat Robertson, an American preacher and political figure
- Patrick Lipton Robinson, a Jamaican U.N. judge
- Patrick Roy, a Canadian ice hockey goaltender
- Pat Sajak, an American game show host
- Patrick Schmollinger, an Austrian swimmer
- Patrick da Silva, a Brazilian football player
- Patrik Sjöberg, a Swedish high jumper
- Sir Patrick Stewart, a British actor
- Patrick Stump, an American musician
- Patrick Swayze (1952–2009), an American actor
- Patrick Swift (1927–1983), a painter
- Patrick Topaloff (1944–2010), a French singer and actor
- Patrick Troughton (1920–1987), an English actor
- Patrick Veszpremi, an Australian rules footballer
- Patrick Vieira, a Senegalese-born French football player
- Patrick Wanis, an Australian life coach
- Patrick Warburton, an American actor
- Patrick Willis, an American football player
- Patrick Wolf, an English singer-songwriter
- Patrick, the working name of professional wrestler Don Harris
- Patrick, the pseudonym used by artist John Byrne
- Neil Patrick Harris, an American actor
- Declan Patrick MacManus, aka Elvis Costello an English singer-songwriter
[edit] In fiction
[edit] Translations in other languages
- Basque: Patirki
- Breton: Padrig
- Bulgarian: Патрик (Patrik)
- Catalan: Patrici
- Croatian: Patrik
- Czech: Patrik
- Dutch: Patrick, Patricius, Patriek
- English: Patrick
- Estonian: Patrik
- Faroese: Pátrikur
- French: Patric, Patrice, Patrick, Padrig
- German: Patrick, Patrik
- Greek: Πατρίκιος (Patrikios)
- Hungarian: Patrik
- Icelandic: Patrekur
- Irish: Pádraic, Pádraig, Pádruig
- Italian: Patrizio
- Latin: Patricius
- Latvian: Patriks
- Lithuanian: Patrikas
- Maltese: Patrizju
- Manx: Pherick
- Norwegian: Patrik, Patrick, Patryk
- Polish: Patryk, Patrycy, Patrycjusz
- Portuguese: Patrício , Patrique
- Romanian: Patriciu
- Russian: Патрик (Patrik)
- Scottish Gaelic: Pàdraig
- Serbian: Патрик (Patrik)
- Slovene: Patrik
- Spanish: Patricio
- Swedish: Patrik
- Tagalog: Patricio
- Ukrainian: Патрік (Patrik)
- Welsh: Padrig
[edit] See also
