Padraig

Pádraig ([ˈpˠaːd̪ˠɾˠəɟ]), Pádraic ([ˈpˠaːd̪ˠɾˠəc]) or Páraic ([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.

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• Famous people called Padraic Pdraig or Pauric
• Variant spellings
• References

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