Male Names Female Names
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| Paddy: | (L) also can be Patrick; "noble, nobleman." |
| Padraig: | (PAH-drig or PAH-dreek) from Latin Patricius "noble." Saint Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, was the first successful Christian missionary on the island. Patrick has only been a given name of children since 1700; considered too sacred earlier, children were given names Gilla Patraic "servant of Patrick" or Mael Patraic "devotee of Patraic." Padhraig, Paddy, Padraic, Patraig, Patrick. |
| Pádraig: | (PAH-dreek)(L) "noble." Patrick, Padraic, Padhraig, Paddy. |
| Parlan: | see Bartholomew "ploughman"; or Parthlán. Patholon, Parthalan (PAR-ha-lahn). |
| Parthalán: | (PAR-ha-lahn)(Aramaic) "ploughman." Parlan, Bartholomew, Bartley. |
| Patrick: | (L) "noble." Pat, Patty. |
| Patterson: | Irish version of "son of Pat." |
| Peadar: | (PA-der)(Gr) "stone." Peter, Peadair. |
| Pembroke: | (Celt) "bluff, headland." |
| Phelan: | from a word meaning "wolf"; variant of Faolan. |
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