) Stained glass window of Saint Patrick | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈpætrɪk/ German: [patʁɪk] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Name day | March 17 |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Latin |
| Meaning | Nobleman, patrician |
| Region of origin | Worldwide |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Pádraic, Pádraig, Patricia, Patraic, Patric, Pat, Patrice, Paddy, Patty, Ricky, Rick |
Patrick is a given name derived from the Latin name Patricius (patrician, i.e. "nobleman"). Alternatively it can also be derived from Old English elements "Pǣga", meaning unknown, and "rīce", meaning king, ruler.
People named Patrick
Actors and entertainers
- Patrick J. Adams (born 1981), Canadian actor
- Patrick Armand, French ballet dancer
- Patrick Brasca, Canadian-Taiwanese singer
- Patrick Cargill, British actor
- Pat Condell, English stand-up comedian
- Patrick Dempsey, American actor
- Patrick Duffy, American actor
- Patrick Ellis (radio host) (1943–2020), American radio show host
- Patrick Gower, New Zealand journalist (Newshub)
- Sean Patrick Flanery, American actor
- Neil Patrick Harris, American actor
- Patrick Macnee, English actor
- Patrick Magee, Irish actor
- Patrick McDonnell, Irish actor
- Patrick McGoohan (1928–2009), Irish-American actor
- Patrick Monahan, Irish comedian
- Patrick O'Connell, Irish actor
- Pat Paulsen (1927–1997), American comedian and satirist
- Pat Sajak, American game show host
- Patrick Stewart (born 1940), British actor
- Patrick Swayze (1952–2009), American actor
- Patrick Topaloff (1944–2010), French singer and actor
- Patrick Troughton (1920–1987), English actor
- Patrick Warburton (born 1964), American actor
- Patrick Wilson (born 1973), American actor
Authors
- Patrick, the pseudonym used by artist John Byrne (born 1940), Scottish playwright
- Patrick Cary (c. 1624–1658), English poet
- Pat Chapman, English food writer
- Padraic Colum (1881–1972), Irish author
- Patrick Cullinan (1932–2011), South African poet and biographer
- Patrick Jennings (born 1962), American children's book author
- Patrick Jones (born 1965), Welsh poet and playwright
- Patrick Lane (born 1939), Canadian poet
- Patrick Modiano (born 1945), French novelist
- Patrick Pearse (1879–1916), Irish poet and nationalist
- Patrick O'Brian (1914–2000), English author and translator
- Patrick Süskind (born 1949), German writer and screenwriter
Musicians
- Pat Acuña (born 1986), American drummer, member of indie rock band Silent Old Mtns
- Patrick Alavi, German musician
- Pat Boone, American singer
- Patrick Brasca, Canadian-Taiwanese singer
- Patrick Carney (born 1980), American drummer, member of indie rock band The Black Keys
- Pat DiNizio (1955–2017), American songwriter, lead singer of the band The Smithereens
- Patrick Doyle, film composer
- Patrick Girondi, singer, composer
- Patrick Hernandez, French singer
- Patrick Lindner, German singer
- Pat Metheny, American jazz guitarist
- Steven Patrick Morrissey (born 1959), British singer
- Patrick Monahan (born 1969), American musician (rock band Train)
- Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu, known as Tinie Tempah, British rapper
- Patrick Simmons (born 1948), American guitarist and singer, founding member of the band The Doobie Brothers
- Patrick Stump (born 1984), American musician, lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the band Fall Out Boy
- Patrick Wolf (born 1983), English singer-songwriter
Politicians
- Patrick Blake (1846–1909), Canadian politician
- Patrick Boland, Irish politician
- Patrick Buchanan, American political commentator, author and politician
- Patrick Byrne, Irish politician
- Patrick Connor, Irish politician
- Patrick Donnelly, Irish politician
- Patrick Duffy, Irish politician
- Patrick F. Gill, American Representative
- Patrick Henry (1736–1799), American revolutionary figure
- Patrick Hetzel (born 1964), French Member of Parliament
- Patrick Hillery (1923–2008), the sixth President of Ireland (1976–1990)
- Patrick J. Kennedy, former United States congressman
- Patrick Leonard, Irish politician
- Patrick Matibini (born 1959), Zambian politician and judge / current speaker of the national assembly 'parliament'
- Patrick Murphy, Irish politician
- Patrick Norton, Irish politician
- Patrick Palmer, Irish politician
- Patrick Pearse (aka Pádraig Pearse) (1879–1916), Irish activist and revolutionary
- Pat Roberts, American Senator from Kansas
- Pat Robertson, American preacher and political figure
- Patrick Lipton Robinson, Jamaican U.N. judge
- Patrick Tierney, Irish politician
- Patrick Vans, Scottish judge
- Patrick Vanse (1655–1733), Scottish MP
Religious figures
- Saint Patrick, Christian saint
- Patrick Duggan, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clonfert in Ireland
Sportspeople
- Patrick, the working name of professional wrestler Don Harris
- Patrick (born 1993), Cape Verdean footballer
- Patrik Andersson, Swedish football player
- Patrick Baldassarre (born 1986), Swiss basketball player
- Patrick Bamford, English football player
- Pat Barry (born 1979), American kickboxer and mixed martial artist
- Pat Batteaux (born 1978), American football player
- Patrick Battiston (born 1957), French footballer
- Patrik Berger, Czech football player
- Patrik Berglund, Swedish ice hockey player
- Pat Boller (born 1972), American ice hockey coach and executive
- Paddy Bradley, Irish Gaelic football player
- Patrick Burris, American judoka and two-time Olympian
- Patrick Cain, American football player
- Pat Calathes (born 1985), Greek-American basketball player
- Pat Cash, Australian tennis player
- Patrick Chan (born 1990), Canadian figure skater
- Patrick Dangerfield, Australian football player
- Patrick Eaves, American-Canadian ice hockey player
- Pat Elflein, American football player
- Pat Elzie, American-German basketball coach and former player
- Patrick Ewing, American basketball player
- Patrick Faber (field hockey), Dutch field hockey player
- Pádraig Harrington, Irish professional golfer
- Patrick Heuscher, Swiss volleyball player
- Patric Hörnqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
- Patrekur Jóhannesson, Icelandic handball coach
- Patrick Kane, professional ice hockey player
- Patrick Kluivert, Dutch football player
- Patrick Kühl, German swimmer
- Patrik Kühnen, German tennis player
- Patrick Lewis, American football player
- Patrik Laine, Finnish ice hockey player
- Patrick Laird (born 1995), American football player
- Pat Mahomes, American baseball player; father of Patrick Mahomes II
- Patrick Mahomes II, American football player
- Patrick Matt, Liechtensteiner cyclist
- Pat Matzdorf, American athlete
- Patrick Mboma, Cameroon football player
- Pat McAfee (born 1987), American football player and Sports analyst
- Patrick McEnroe, American tennis player
- Patrick McGuirk (born 1967), American football player
- Patrick Mekari (born 1997), American football player
- Patrick Miller (basketball) (born 1992), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Patrick Mills, Australian basketball player
- Patrick Morris (American football) (born 1995), American football player
- Pat Mountain, Welsh football player
- Patrick O'Connell (1887–1959), Irish footballer
- Pat O'Connor (disambiguation), multiple people
- Pat O'Hanlon (born 1991), Australia Rugby League player
- Patrick Owomoyela (born 1979), German footballer
- Patrick Queen (born 1999), American football player
- Patrick Rafter, Australian tennis player
- Patrick Rakovsky, German football player
- Patrick Ramsey, American football player
- Patrick Ricard (American football) (born 1994), American football player
- Pat Richards (born 1981), Australian Rugby League player
- Patrick Rowe (born 1969), American football player
- Patrick Roy, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
- Pat Ryan (born 1955), American football player
- Patrick Scales (American football), American football player
- Patrick Schmollinger, Austrian swimmer
- Patrick da Silva, Brazilian football player
- Patrik Sjöberg, Swedish high jumper
- Pat Spillane, Irish Gaelic footballer
- Pat Tillman (born 1976), American football player and Army Ranger
- Patrick Vahe (born 1996), American football player
- Patrick Veszpremi, Australian rules footballer
- Patrick Vieira, Senegalese-born French football player
- Patrik Virta (born 1996), Finnish ice hockey player
- Patrick Willis (born 1985), American football player
Other
- H.I.H. Prince Patrick Ali of Iran
- Patrick Bokanowski, a French filmmaker
- Patrick Tracy Burris (1967–2009), American spree killer
- Patrick Carr (disambiguation), multiple people
- Patrick Critton, American former teacher and the first successful aircraft hijacker
- Patrick E. Crago, American medical researcher
- Patrick Wood Crusius (born 1998), suspect in the 2019 El Paso shooting
- Patrick Fitzgerald, American Attorney
- Patrick Flanagan, American inventor
- Patrick Gaffney (disambiguation), multiple people
- Patrick de Gayardon (1960–1998), French skydiver, skysurfer and BASE jumper
- Patrick Gordon, Imperial Russian Army general
- Patrick Harvey (disambiguation), multiple people
- Patrick Hitler, half-nephew of Adolf Hitler
- Patrick Jeffrey, American diver
- Pat Kenny, Irish broadcaster
- Patrick Kielty, Irish comedian and television presenter
- Pat Kiernan, television news anchor
- Patrick Kearney (born 1939), prolific American serial killer, rapist, and necrophile
- Patrick, 5th Earl of Lichfield (1939–2005; better known as Patrick Lichfield), photographer
- Patrick Mackay (born 1952), British serial killer
- Patrick McGuinness (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sir Patrick Moore, English astronomer
- Patrick Moore (born 1947), founder member of Greenpeace
- Patrick Nogueira, Brazilian murderer serving three life sentences plus 25 years in Spain
- Patrick Russell, herpetologist (1727–1805)
- Patrick Rechner, Canadian Captain taken hostage working as a UN observer in Bosnia
- Patrick "Spaz" Spaziante, American comic book artist
- Patrick Swift (1927–1983), painter
- Patrick Whelan (1893–1916), Irish Volunteer, KIA during the Easter Rising of 1916
- Patrick Taylor (disambiguation), multiple people
- Patrick Theodore (born 1985), Footwear Designer (Indonesian)
- Patrick Williams (disambiguation), multiple people
Fictional characters
- Lord Harry, also known as Patrick, the locomotive character from The Railway Series books by the Rev. W. Awdry
- Patrick, an Irish chip shop owner played by David Mullane in the British web series Corner Shop Show
- Patrick Bateman in Bret Easton Ellis' novel American Psycho
- Patrick Darling in Dirty Sexy Money
- Sir Patrick Delaney-Podmore in the Harry Potter series of books
- Patrick Harper (fiction), the Irish right-hand man in the Sharpe book and television series
- Patrick Jane, main character in The Mentalist
- Patrick Star in the television series SpongeBob SquarePants
- Patrick Verona, main character in 10 Things I Hate about You
- Paddy Kirk popular character in the Yorkshire based soap opera Emmerdale.
See also
- Patrick (disambiguation)
- Patrick (surname)