Pádraig

Pádraig

Pronunciation	English: /ˈpɔːrɪk/ and other variants
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Irish
Meaning	Noble
Region of origin	Ireland, Irish diaspora
Other names
Related names	Pádraic, Patrick

Pádraig (Irish: [ˈpˠaːd̪ˠɾˠəɟ]), Pádraic (Irish: [ˈpˠaːd̪ˠɾˠəc]) or Páraic (Irish: [ˈpˠaːɾˠəc]) is an Irish male name (English: /ˈpɔːrɪk/) deriving from the Latin Patricius, meaning "of the patrician class", introduced via the name of Saint Patrick. Patrick is the English version, via Old French.

Diminutives include Páidín (Anglicised as "Podge" and "Paddy"); the latter Anglicisation is often used, sometimes pejoratively, as a term for Irish people as a whole.

Famous people called Padraic, Pádraig or Pauric

• Liam Pádraic Aiken (born 1990), American actor
• Pádraig Amond (born 1988), Irish footballer
• Pádraig de Brún (1889–1960), Irish clergyman, mathematician and classical scholar
• Pauric Clancy, Gaelic football player from County Laois in Ireland
• Padraic Colum (1881–1972), author
• Pádraic Delaney (born 1977), Irish actor
• Pádraig Duggan (born Pádraig Ó Dúgáin, 1949–2016), Irish musician
• Padraic Fallon (1905–1974), Irish poet
• Pádraig Faulkner (1918–2012), Irish politician
• Pádraig Flynn (born 1939), Irish politician
• Pádraig Harrington (born 1971), professional golfer
• Pádraig Horan (born 1950), Irish hurler
• Pauric Mahony (born 1992), Irish hurler
• Pádraic McCormack (born 1942), Irish politician
• Pádraic McMahon, musician in the band The Thrills
• Padraig Parkinson, Irish professional poker player
• Pádraic Pearse (1879–1916), Irish activist/revolutionary (also known as Patrick Henry Pearse or Pádraig Pearse)

Variant spellings

Pádraig is the most popular version of the name, but other variants include:

• Padraig
• Pádraic
• Padraic
• Padric
• Pádhraig
• Padhraig
• Padraigh

• Padhraic
• Pádhraic
• Páraic
• Paraic
• Pauric
• Phadrig

See also

• All pages beginning with Padraic or Padraig
• All pages beginning with Pádraic or Pádraig