Details for the forename Paddy

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Paddy (male)


Variants:	Pat (M)
Pet Name for:	Pàdraig (M) Patrick (M)
Feminine form:	Paddy (F)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:	English and Irish pet name for Patrick/Pádraig, from Latin "nobleman" or "patrician"; and a perhaps less than polite nickname for any Irishman.