Padraig

Pádraig
Pronunciation	[ˈpˠaːd̪ˠɾˠəɟ] and other variants
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Irish
Meaning	Noble
Region of origin	Ireland, Irish diaspora
Other names
Related names	Pádraic, Patrick

Pádraig (Irish: [ˈpˠaːd̪ˠɾˠəɟ]), Pádraic (Irish: [ˈpˠaːd̪ˠɾˠəc]) or Páraic (Irish: [ˈpˠaːɾˠəc]) is an Irish male name deriving from the Latin Patricius, meaning "of the patrician class", introduced via the name of Saint Patrick. Patrick is the English version, via Old French.

Diminutives include "Podge" and "Paddy"; the latter is often used, sometimes pejoratively, as a term for Irish people as a whole.

Famous people called Padraic, Pádraig or Pauric

• Liam Pádraic Aiken (born 1990), American actor
• Padraic Colum (1881–1972), author
• Pádraic Delaney (born 1977), Irish actor
• Padraic Fallon (1905–1974), Irish poet
• Pádraic McCormack (born 1942), Irish politician
• Pádraic McMahon, musician in the band The Thrills
• Pádraic Pearse (1879–1916), Irish activist/revolutionary (also known as Patrick Henry Pearse or Pádraig Pearse)
• Pádraig Amond (born 1988), Irish footballer
• Pádraig de Brún (1889–1960), Irish clergyman, mathematician and classical scholar
• Pádraig Duggan (born Pádraig Ó Dúgáin, 1949), Irish musician
• Pádraig Faulkner (1918-2012), Irish politician
• Pádraig Flynn (born 1939), Irish politician
• Pádraig Harrington (born 1971), professional golfer
• Pádraig Horan (born 1950), Irish hurler
• Padraig Parkinson, Irish professional poker player
• Pauric Clancy, Gaelic football player from County Laois in Ireland
• Pauric Mahony (born 1992), Irish hurler

Variant spellings

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

Padraig Pádraic Padraic Padric Pádhraig Padhraig Padraigh

Padhraic Pádhraic Páraic Paraic Pauric Phadrig

See also

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

References

• Padraic Colum, "The King of Ireland's Son"

Notes