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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Patrick m. Latin patricius 'patrician, noble'.

Despite the popularity of Patrick in Ireland today, the name was quite rare in medieval Ireland.

England
Latin
1189 Patricius (nom) GASurv p. 237; c1198 Patricius (nom) ibid. p. 244
Early Modern English
1530 Patryk LIWill-III p. 81; 1543 Patryck BarnstapleBap p. 3; 1546 Patrycke ibid. p. 5; 1547 Patryke ibid. p. 5; 1553 Patrick ibid. p. 8
France
Old French
1301 Patris MemPic-vol17 p. 240
Ireland
Latin
fin12thC Padin (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 3, Padinus (nom) ibid. III, p. 9
Scotland
Latin
1235 Patricio (abl) morton-vol1 3; 1238 Patricio (abl) CartStAndrew p. 2; 1376 Patricii (gen) morton-vol1 16, Patricio (dat) ibid. 16; 1456 Patricio (abl) ibid. 14; 1578 Patricius (nom) ibid. 15
1376 Padine (gen) morton-vol1 16, Padini (gen) ibid. 16
Scots
1506 Patrik RegDunf 497; c1550 Patrek CartNBer p. xxii
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Patrick". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2015/3/name/Patrick.