Padraig
A boys’ name of Irish origin, meaning noble; patrician; irish form of Patrick.
Padraig by the numbers
In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Padraig. In the US, 15 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 57 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Patrick
Like Padraig, each of these traces back to Patrick: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Patricioof noble birth; a form of Patrick75 in the US (2017)
- Paddynoble; a diminutive of Patrick49 in England and Wales (2025)
- Patrykof noble birth; a form of Patrick6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Patrikof noble birth; a form of Patrick14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Fitzpatrickson of Patrick9 in the US (2017)
- Patricof noble birth; a form of Patrick4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Patriceof noble birth; a form of Patrick3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Pattersonson of Patrick; patronymic surname5 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Padraig. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Padraicnoble; Irish form of Patrick6 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean nobility
Like Padraig, each of these has nobility in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aaronmountain of strength; exalted7,185 in the US (2017)
- Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
- Nolanchampion, descendant of the noble one5,403 in the US (2017)
- Patrickof noble birth; patrician375 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aryanoble; honorable; aryan2,201 in the US (2017)
- Bryanhigh, noble; a form of Brian1,827 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Padraig
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