Patrick is a male given name of Latin origin. It is derived from the Roman name Patricius (meaning patrician, i.e. 'father', 'nobleman').[1]
People named Patrick
Actors and entertainers
- Patrick Armand, French ballet dancer
- Patrick Brasca, Canadian–Taiwanese singer
- Patrick Cargill, British actor
- Pat Condell, English stand-up comedian
- Patrick Condren (born 1967), Irish actor
- Pat Corley, American actor
- Patrick Dempsey (born 1966), American actor
- Patrick Duffy, American actor
- Patrick Ellis (radio host) (1943–2020), American radio show host
- Patrick Nattawat Finkler (born 2003), Thai–German actor, singer, dancer, songwriter and model
- Patrick Fugit (born 1982), American actor
- Patrick Garcia (born 1981), Filipino actor
- Patrick Gower, New Zealand journalist
- Patrick Heusinger (born 1981), American actor
- Patrick J. Adams (born 1981), Canadian 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
- Patrick Poivey (1948-2020), French voice of Bruce Willis.
- Pat Sajak, American game show host
- Patrick Stewart (born 1940), English actor
- Patrick Swayze (1952–2009), American actor
- Patrick Tam (actor) (born 1969), Hong Kong actor and singer
- Patrick Tang (born 1974), Hong Kong singer, actor, and television host
- Patrick Topaloff (1944–2010), French singer and actor
- Patrick Troughton (1920–1987), English actor
- Patrick Tse (born 1936), Hong Kong actor, producer, screenwriter and director
- Patrick Warburton (born 1964), American actor
- Patrick Waltz (1924–1972), American actor
- Patrick Wilson (born 1973), American actor and singer
- Other
- Sean Patrick Flanery, American actor
- Sean Patrick Thomas, American actor
- Neil Patrick Harris, 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 Delaforce, historian and British Army captain
- Patrick Jennings (born 1962), American children's book author
- Patrick Jones (born 1965), Welsh poet and playwright
- Patrick Lane (1939–2019), 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 (born 1934), American singer
- Patrick Brasca, Canadian-Taiwanese singer
- Patrick Bruel, French 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, Scottish 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 "Pat" O'Brien, former lead guitarist for the death metal band Cannibal Corpse, former member for the heavy metal band Nevermore and a former touring musician with the thrash metal band Slayer
- 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 Wilson (born 1969), American musician, drummer of the band Weezer
- Patrick Wolf (born 1983), English singer-songwriter
Politicians
- Patrick Dankwa Anin (1928-1999), Ghanaian politician
- Pat Bell (born 1957), Canadian politician)
- Patrik Björck (born 1957), Swedish politician
- Patrick Biggins, American politician
- 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 Duncan, South African politician
- Patrik Engström (born 1968), Swedish 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 Home (1728–1808), Scottish MP for Berwickshire (1784–1796)
- Patrick J. Kennedy, former United States congressman
- Patrick Leonard, Irish politician
- Patrik Lundqvist (born 1984), Swedish 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 Vahoe (born 1970), Solomon Islands politician
- Patrick Vans, Scottish judge
- Patrick Vanse (1655–1733), Scottish MP
- Levy Patrick Mwanawasa (1948-2008), Former President of the Republic of Zambia
Religious figures
- Saint Patrick, Christian saint
- Patrick Duggan (bishop), Roman Catholic Bishop of Clonfert in Ireland
Sportspeople
- Patrick, the working name of professional wrestler Don Harris
- Patrik Andersson, Swedish football player
- Patrick Bailey (born 1999), American baseball player
- Patrick Baldassarre (born 1986), Swiss basketball player
- Patrick Bamford, English football player
- Pat Barry (born 1979), American kickboxer and mixed martial artist
- Pat Bastien (born 1991), American football player or coach
- Pat Batteaux (born 1978), American football player
- Patrick Battiston (born 1957), French footballer
- Patrik Berger, Czech football player
- Patrik Berglund, Swedish ice hockey player
- Patrick Beverley (born 1968), American basketball player
- Pat Boller (born 1972), American ice hockey coach and executive
- Paddy Bradley, Irish Gaelic football player
- Pat Bryant (born 2002), American 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 Chung, American football player
- Pat Cummins, Australian cricketer
- Patrick Dangerfield, Australian football player
- Patrik Divkovič (born 1999), Slovenian taekwondo practitioner
- 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
- Patrick Feeney (born 1991), American sprinter
- Patrick Fernandes (born 1993), Cape Verdean footballer
- Pat Freiermuth (born 1998), American football player
- Patrik Gunnarsson (born 2000), Icelandic footballer
- 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 and coach
- Patrick Kühl, German swimmer
- Patrik Kühnen, German tennis player
- Patrik Laine, Finnish ice hockey player
- Patrick Laird (born 1995), American football player
- Patrick Lam (born 1983), Hong Kong equestrian
- Patrick Larkins (1860–1918), American baseball player
- Patrick Lewis, 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 Mazeika (born 1993), American baseball player
- Patrick Mboma (born 1970), Cameroonian football player
- Pat McAfee (born 1987), American football player
- Patrick McEnroe, American tennis player
- Patrick McGuirk (born 1967), American football player
- Patrick McMorris (born 2001), American football player
- Patrick Mekari (born 1997), American football player
- Patrick Miller (basketball) (born 1992), American basketball player
- Patty Mills, Australian basketball player←
- Patrick Monteverde (born 1997), American baseball 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
- Pat Pacillo (born 1963), American baseball player
- Patrick Pedersen (born 1991), Danish 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 Sandoval, American baseball 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
- Patrick Surtain (born 1976), American football player
- Patrick Surtain II (born 2000), American football player
- 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 Vörös (born 1993), Canadian professional wrestler
- Patrick Weigel (born 1994), American baseball player
- Patrick Willis (born 1985), American football player
Other
- H.I.H. Prince Patrick Ali of Iran
- Patrick Abercrombie, English town planner
- 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), perpetrator of the 2019 El Paso shooting
- Patrick Degorce (born 1969), French hedge fund manager
- Patrick Dumont, American businessman
- Pat Finucane (1949–1989), Irish lawyer
- Patrick Fitzgerald, American Attorney
- Patrick Flanagan, American inventor
- Patrick Gaffney (disambiguation), multiple people
- Patrik Gardesten, Swedish officer
- Patrick de Gayardon (1960–1998), French skydiver, skysurfer and BASE jumper
- Patrick Gordon, Imperial Russian Army general
- Patrick Graham (disambiguation), multiple people
- Patrick Harvey (disambiguation), multiple people
- Patrick Hemingway, son of author Ernest Hemingway
- Patrick Hitler, half-nephew of Adolf Hitler
- Patrick Jeffrey, American diver
- Patrick Kearney (born 1939), prolific American serial killer, rapist, and necrophile
- Pat Kenny, Irish broadcaster
- Patrick Kielty, Irish comedian and television presenter
- Pat Kiernan, television news anchor
- Patrick Kong, Hong Kong film director and screenwriter
- Patrick Lee (Chinese businessman), Chinese business magnate
- Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield (1939–2005; also known as Patrick Lichfield), photographer
- Patrick Lin (chef), Hong Kong Senior Executive Chef
- Patrick Lin (cinematographer), Hong Kong–born cinematographer and layout artist
- Patrick Lung (1934-2014), Hong Kong film director
- Patrick Lynch (disambiguation), multiple people
- 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
- Pat O'Brien, radio and television personality
- Patrik Reuterswärd (1885–1963), Swedish diplomat
- Patrick Russell (disambiguation), multiple people
- Patrick Rechner, Canadian Captain taken hostage working as a UN observer in Bosnia
- Patrick "Spaz" Spaziante, American comic book artist
- Patrick Stritch, Irish photographer from Fermoy, County Cork, best known for his picture of Irish Republican Army general, Liam Lynch
- Patrick Swift (1927–1983), painter
- Patrick Tam (film director) (born 1948), Hong Kong film director and film editor
- 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 Warren (born 1985) British missing person since 1996
- Patrick Williams (disambiguation), multiple people
- Patrick Yau, Hong Kong film director and assistant director
Fictional characters
- Patrick, an Irish chip shop owner played by David Mullane in the British web series Corner Shop Show
- Patrick, in Me Before You and its film adaptation
- Patrick, a cement mixer in the British children's TV series Thomas & Friends
- Patrick Bateman in Bret Easton Ellis' novel American Psycho
- Patrick Clifton, titular character in Postman Pat
- 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
- Paddy Kirk popular character in the Yorkshire-based soap opera Emmerdale.
- Patrick Kuby, a character from the television series Breaking Bad
- Patrick McKinney in the Netflix television series Stranger Things.
- Patrick McReary, character in GTA IV and GTA V.
- Patrick Star in the television series SpongeBob SquarePants
- Patrick Verona, main character in 10 Things I Hate About You
- Lord Harry, also known as Patrick, the locomotive character from The Railway Series books by the Rev. W. Awdry
See also
- Pádraigín, Irish given name
- Patrick (disambiguation)
- Patrick (surname)
References
- ^ Neala, Shane (2015). Inspired Baby Names from Around the World. New World Library. pp. 552–554. ISBN 978-1-60868-320-8.