Given name
Pádraig
“patrician”·“a nobleman; patrician”
Pádraig is a form of Patrick. Interpretations include “patrician” and “a nobleman; patrician” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Pádraig is a form of Patrick. Interpretations include “patrician” and “a nobleman; patrician” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Pádraig is a form of Patrick. An origin associated with Patrick is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Irish usage, Pádraig developed from Patricius.
Pádraig’s family of names
In English usage, Pádraig has a diminutive in Paddy. Pádraig shares a linguistic root with Patrick. In Irish usage, Pádraig has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Patricio.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Pádraig has relatives in 7 languages.
7 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 17
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Pádraig
- Pádraig HarringtonIrish professional golferborn 1971
- Pádraig FlynnIrish politician and EU Commissionerborn 1939
- Pádraig FaulknerIrish Fianna Fáil politician (1918-2012)
- Pádraig AmondIrish hurler and soccer playerborn 1988
- Pádraig Ó SnodaighIrish activist1935–2025
- Pádraig Ó RiainIrish linguistborn 1939
- Pádraig Ó CéidighIrish politicianborn 1957
- Pádraig Ó FiannachtaIrish academic1927–2016
- Pádraig Ó SiochfhradhaIrish writer (1883–1964)
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