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Paddy

What does Paddy mean?

Paddy Pronunciation of Paddy as a boys' name is of Irish and Latin origin, and the meaning of Paddy is "noble, patrician". Variant of Patrick. Used to be a term for Irishmen. Author Paddy Chayefsky.

STARTS/ENDS WITH Pa-, -dy

ASSOCIATED WITH irish, noble

Variations

VARIANTS Paddey, Paddie, Padraic, Padraig

RELATIONS VIA PATRICK Packey, Padric, Pat, Patryk, Pats, Patsy, Patty

CREATIVE FORMS
(male) Pedy, ..

(female) Padi, ..


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Paddy Hassan (P.H.), ..

How popular is Paddy?

Paddy is an uncommon first name for males but a very popular surname for all people (#47838 out of 150436, Top 32%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Which version is better?

Prominent varying forms of Paddy (NOT RANKED) are Patrick (#189 IN 2018), Padraig, Pat, Patryk and Patsy. These forms of Paddy were favored as baby names in the 1960s (AVERAGE #1201) and are now much less common (#1637, 82%), with forms like Patsy going out of style. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Pat, Patrick, Patryk, Patsy in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Padraig, Patrick, Patryk outside U.S.

Similar Names

Suggested similar-sounding names are Addy, Buddy, Cuddy, Dandy, Eddy, Hardy, Laddy, Maddy, Nandy, Neddy, Paden, Paley, Parry, Pauly, Randy, Roddy, Sandy, Tandy and Teddy. These names tend to be more frequently used than Paddy.

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