Pádraig

Pronunciation	[ˈpˠaːd̪ˠɾˠəɟ]and other variants
Gender	Male
Word/name	Irish
Meaning	Noble
Region of origin	Ireland, Irish diaspora
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 Páidín (Anglicised as "Podge" and "Paddy"); the latter Anglicisation is often used, sometimes pejoratively, as a term for Irish people as a whole.

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

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