Given name & surname · also Latin
Pàdraig
Pàdraig is a masculine given name, probably from Latin, ultimately from Old Welsh. It is used in Scottish Gaelic.
Original LatinPatricius
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Pàdraig probably comes from Latin, and ultimately from Old Welsh.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Scottish Gaelic usage, Pàdraig developed from Patricius.
Pàdraig’s family of names
In Scottish Gaelic usage, Pàdraig has a diminutive in Padaidh. In Scottish Gaelic usage, Pàdraig developed from the Latin form Patricius. In Scottish Gaelic usage, Pàdraig has a conventional equivalent in the English form Patrick.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Pàdraig has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Pàdraig comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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