Given name & surname
Patrick
“patrician”·“a nobleman; patrician”
Patrick is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “patrician” and “a nobleman; patrician” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Original LatinPatricius
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “patrician” and “a nobleman; patrician” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
In Cebuano usage, Patrick developed from Patricius.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Patrick through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 689,424
- 686,590 boys · 2,834 girls
- Most popular year
- 1964
- 14,750 babies
- 2025
- 1,495
- #235 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −22%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 1,495 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 235 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 21.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14,692 in 1964. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (117). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 551,884 as a first name in 2020; 57,411 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Patrick’s family of names
In English usage, Patrick has a diminutive in Patsy. In English usage, Patrick has a feminine form in Patricia. Patrick has a related form in Patty.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Patrick has relatives in 44 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Patrick comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 33
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Patriciovariant · Spanish
- Patsydiminutive · English
- Patricevariant · French, Occitan
- Pattersonshort form · English
- Pattydiminutive · English
- Pattricklikely variant
- Paddydiminutive · English
- Patonpet form · English
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- Patrikvariant · Swedish, Norwegian
- Patdiminutive · English
- Patrykvariant · Polish
- Patricvariant · German, Occitan
- Patriziovariant · Italian, Basque
- Patreecevariant
- Patrecevariant
- Padricvariant
- Patrricklikely variant
- Patrickklikely variant
- Pàdruigvariant · Scottish Gaelic
- Pàraigvariant · Scottish Gaelic
- Paddondiminutive · English
- Petriediminutive · English
- Patersonshort form · English
- Pádraicvariant · Irish
- Patridovariant
- Patriciusvariant · Latin, Dutch
- Pateckvariant
- Patecvariant
- Patekvariant
- Padrigvariant · Welsh, Breton
- Patsvariant
- Patriziusvariant
- Packeyvariant
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 35
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Patriciafeminine form · English
- PadenManx
- Padraicequivalent
- Parickdescendant · yol
- PatriciCatalan
- PatrichDanish
- پاتریکborrowing · Persian
- Pattisonpatronymic from · English
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- Pattinsonpatronymic from · English
- PádraigIrish form of · Irish
- Patrycjuszequivalent
- PatrícioPortuguese
- ΠατρίκιοςGreek
- PàdraigScottish Gaelic, Scots
- PátrikurFaroese
- PerickManx
- PatrikoEsperanto
- PherickManx
- PatrikasLithuanian
- ՊատրիկArmenian
- ПатрікUkrainian
- ПатрикSerbian, Russian
- PatriciuRomanian
- PatriquePortuguese
- PatrizjuMaltese
- PatriksLatvian
- パトリックJapanese
- PatrekurIcelandic
- PádruigIrish
- PatxiBasque
- ԲադրիգArmenian
- باتريكArabic
- PātarikiMāori
- PatrikkiFinnish
- Páraiccognate
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Patrick
- Patrick WhiteEnglish-born Australian writer1912–1990
- Patrick SwayzeAmerican actor, producer, singer and dancer (1952–2009)
- Patrick StewartBritish actor (born 1940)
- Patrick BlackettBritish physicist (1897-1974)
- Patrick VieiraFrench association football player and coachborn 1976
- Billy the KidAmerican outlaw and gunfighter (1859–1881)
- Patrick SüskindGerman writer and screenwriterborn 1949
- Patrick DempseyAmerican actor and racecar driverborn 1966
- Patrick KluivertDutch football managerborn 1976
Characters named Patrick: Patrick Bateman (fictional character of American Psycho), Patrick Jane (fictional character), Zagor (fictional character).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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