Tags: Given Name, Name.
Pádraig (Irish: [ˈpˠaːd̪ˠɾˠəc])[citation needed] Pádraic (Irish: [ˈpˠaːd̪ˠɾˠəɟ])[citation needed] or Páraic (Irish: [ˈpˠaːɾˠəc])[citation needed] 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.