Given name
Padraic
“a nobleman; patrician”
Padraic is a variant of Paddy. In Irish use, Paddy carries the interpretation “a nobleman; patrician.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Padraic is a variant of Paddy. In Irish use, Paddy carries the interpretation “a nobleman; patrician.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1955. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Padraic through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 973
- 973 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 36 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −81%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 36 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 939 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Padraic’s family of names
Padraic has a related form in Paddy.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Padraic
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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