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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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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.