Patrick
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Patrick is a male name, derived from the Latin name Patricius, which means nobleman.
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[edit] Female equivalents
- Patricia, Pat, Patty
[edit] Translations
- Bulgarian: Патрик (Patrik)
- Catalan: Patrici
- Croatian: Patrik
- Czech: Patrik
- Dutch: Patrick, Patricius
- French: Patrice, Patrick
- German: Patrick
- Greek: Πάτρικ
- Hungarian: Patrik
- Irish: Pádraic, Pádraig, Páraic
- Italian: Patrizio, Pasquale
- Latvian: Patriks
- Lithuanian: Patriko
- Norwegian: Patrik, Patrick
- Polish: Patryk, Patrycy, Patrycjusz
- Portuguese: Patrício
- Russian: Патрик (Patrik)
- Scottish Gaelic: Pàdraig
- Serbian: Патрик (Patrik)
- Spanish: Patricio
- Swedish: Patrik
- Ukrainian: Патрік
- Icelandic: Patrekur
- Romanian: Patriciu
[edit] Famous people called Patrick
[edit] Family name
- Allen Patrick, American football player
- Dan Patrick, American sportscaster
- Danica Patrick, American auto racer
- John Patrick, American playwright
- Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and executive
- Pat Patrick
- Stephen Patrick
- Steve Patrick
- Tera Patrick
[edit] Given name
- Saint Patrick, Christian Irish saint
- Casey Patrick Biggs, American actor who has starred in movies and on television
- Patrick Buchanan, American conservative politician and columnist
- Patrick Cargill, English actor, star of sitcom 'Father, Dear Father
- Patrick E. Crago, Biomedical Engineering Professor
- Patrick Dempsey, American actor
- Patrick Ewing, Jamaica-born American basketball player
- Sean Patrick Flanery, American actor
- Patrick Henry, American founding father of the late 1700s.
- Patrick Hillery, Irish Fianna Fáil politician and former President of Ireland
- Patrick Kluivert, Dutch international football striker
- Patrick Kühl, East German medley swimmer
- Pat Morita, Japanese American actor
- Morrissey, full name Steven Patrick Morrissey, English rock musician
- Patrick O'Brian, English novelist
- Patrick O'Bryant, American basketball player
- Pat Roberts, American senator of Kansas (Republican)
- Pat Robertson, American Christian televangelist
- Patrick Lipton Robinson, judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former
- Patrik Berger, Czech international football player
- Patrik Andersson, Swedish international football player
- Patrik Sjöberg, retired Swedish high jumper
- Patrick Roy, retired Canadian ice hockey goaltender
- Patrick Stewart, English actor
- Patrick Stump, of the band Fall Out Boy
- Patrick Swayze, American actor
- Patrick Troughton, English actor, the Second Doctor in 'Doctor Who'
- Patrick Vieira, French footballer
- Patrick Wolf, Singer, Troubadour
Patrick can also refer to:
- St. Patrick's Day, an Irish holiday to celebrate Saint Patrick
- Croagh Patrick, a mountain in the west of Ireland
- Don Harris, professional wrestler who was briefly known as Patrick
- Patrick (parish), a parish in the Isle of Man
- Patrick Corporation, an Australian stevedoring and transport company
[edit] In fiction
- Patrick Star, a character on SpongeBob SquarePants
- Patrick (locomotive on the Culdee Fell Railway), a character from The Railway Series books by Rev.W.Awdry.
- Patrick Bateman, main character in the book/film American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis