Patrick

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Patrik in CZ Czechia, HU Hungary, HR Croatia and 3 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Patrick is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name2.7M records spelled Patrick26 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Canada

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Pätrick, Pâtrick, Patrîck, Patriçk, Pãtrick

• Portuguese given name1.4M records spelled Patrick24 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Philippines, Spain

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Patrïck, Pâtrick, Pátrick, Patríck, Päťřïčķ

• Swahili given name285K records spelled Patrick4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Kenya, United States, Nigeria, South Africa

  Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho, Kinyarwanda

  Also written Patrick'

• Indonesian given name35K records spelled Patrick4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Philippines, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Patrick

• Finnish given name23K records spelled Patrick4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, United Kingdom, Estonia

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Pätrick, Pätríck

113 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Patrick is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Latin, ‘noble’; from patricius, denoting the Roman patrician class, and the national name of Ireland; patron saint of Ireland.

  as a name·Irish first names

• In English, from Old Irish Patraicc, Latin Patricius 'patrician'; first attested Patricius 1175-96 YCh (Yorkshire)

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

• In English, Nobleman; name of the patron saint of Ireland

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• In French, a male given name, the English form of Patrice, quite popular in France

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, Du latin Patricius, « noble, patricien »; nom associé à saint Patrick, évangélisateur de l’Irlande.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackettb. 1897GBBritish physicist (1897-1974)
• Patrick Whiteb. 1912AUEnglish-born Australian writer
• George Carlinb. 1937USnot in their usual nameAmerican stand-up comedian (1937–2008)
• Patrick Stewartb. 1940GBBritish actor (born 1940)
• Jimmy Pageb. 1944GBnot in their usual nameEnglish guitarist (born 1944)
• Patrick Modianob. 1945FRFrench writer
• Alan Rickmanb. 1946GBnot in their usual nameBritish actor and director (1946–2016)
• Didier Quelozb. 1966CHnot in their usual nameSwiss astronomer
• Patrick Dempseyb. 1966USAmerican actor and racecar driver
• Ronan Keatingb. 1977IEnot in their usual nameIrish singer (born 1977)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 2,009 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Patrick?

We estimate roughly 1.3 million people bear Patrick (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Patrick have the most bearers?

We estimate about 551 thousand people bear Patrick in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled patrick.

How common is Patrick compared with other names?

In the United States, Patrick is the 70th most common given name of 3,122,706 given names recorded there.

Is Patrick a male or female name?

Patrick is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Patrick mean?

Recorded meaning: from the male personal name Patrick, from Latin Patricius, literally ‘member of the patrician class’.