Pádraig Pronunciation 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 () 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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
Native masculine names Native feminine names Germanic-derived masculine names Bible-derived masculine names Bible-derived feminine names Latin/Greek-derived masculine names Latin/Greek-derived feminine names See also