Pádraic (ˈpˠaːd̪ˠɾˠəc), Pádraig (ˈpˠaːd̪ˠɾˠəɟ) or Páraic (ˈpˠaːɾˠəc) is an Irish male name deriving from the Latin

Latin

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 Patricius, meaning "of the patrician class", introduced via the name of Saint Patrick

Saint Patrick

Saint Patrick was a Romano-Briton and Christian missionary, who is the most generally recognized patron saint of Ireland or the Apostle of Ireland, although Brigid of Kildare and Colmcille are also formally patron saints....

. Patrick is the English version, via Old French

Old French

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Diminutives include "Podge" and "Paddy": the latter is used, in a pejorative context, as a term for Irish people

Irish people

The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

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Famous people called Padraic or Pádraig

• Liam Padraic Aiken (born 1990), American actor
• Padraic Colum
  Padraic Colum
  Padraic Colum was an Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer, playwright, children's author and collector of folklore. He was one of the leading figures of the Celtic Revival.-Early life:...
  
   (1881–1972), author
• Pádraic Delaney
  Pádraic Delaney
  Pádraic Delaney is an Irish actor best known for playing Teddy O'Donovan in the Ken Loach film The Wind That Shakes the Barley, for which he earned an IFTA nomination as well as being named Irish Shooting Star for the 2007 Berlin Film Festival...
  
   (born 1977), Irish actor
• Padraic Fallon
  Padraic Fallon
  Padraic Fallon was an Irish poet who was born in Athenry, County Galway, and later moved to Dublin to work as a civil servant. Here he became friends with the poet AE [George William Russell]] who encouraged him as a writer and was the first to print his poems. Padraic Fallon also formed...
  
   (1905–1974), Irish poet
• Pádraic McCormack
  Pádraic McCormack
  Pádraic McCormack is a former Irish Fine Gael politician, who served as a Teachta Dála for the Galway West constituency from 1989 to 2011, and as a Senator from 1987 to 1989....
  
   (born 1942), Irish Fine Gael politician
• Pádraic McMahon, musician in the band The Thrills
  The Thrills
  The Thrills are an Irish rock band, formed in 2001 in Dublin, Ireland. The band was founded by lead vocalist Conor Deasy and guitarist Daniel Ryan, guitarist and bass player Padraic McMahon, pianist Kevin Horan and drummer Ben Carrigan. Their big break came with their debut album, So Much for the...
  
  
• Padraic Pearse (1879–1916), Irish activist/revolutionary (also known as Patrick Henry Pearse or Pádraig Pearse)
• Pádraig Harrington
  Padraig Harrington
  Pádraig P. Harrington is an Irish professional golfer who plays on The European Tour and The PGA Tour. He has won three major championships: The Open Championship in 2007 and 2008 and the PGA Championship, also in 2008.-Background:...
  
   (born 1971), professional golfer
• Pauric Clancy
  Pauric Clancy
  Pauric Clancy is a Gaelic football player from County Laois in Ireland.He usually plays at midfield for Laois and in 2003 was part of the Laois team that won the Leinster Senior Football Championship title for the first time since 1946....
  
  , Gaelic football player from County Laois in Ireland

Variant spellings

Pádraig is the most popular version of the name, but other variants include:

• Padraig
• Pádraic
• Padraic
• Pádhraig
• Padhraig
• Padraigh

• Padhraic
• Pádhraic
• Paraic
• Pauric
• Phadrig

See also

• All pages beginning with Padraic or Padraig
• All pages beginning with Pádraic or Pádraig