Patrick

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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

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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; 1222 patrik (gen) StPaulDom p. 4; 1340xc1450 Patricus (nom) CovGuild-1 p. 53
Early Modern English: ● 1530 Patryk LIWill-III p. 81; 1532–1533 Patricke CovGuild-2 p. 97, Patrike ibid. p. 98; 1534 patryk ibid. p. 126; 1543 Patryck BarnstapleBap p. 3; 1546 Patrycke ibid. p. 5; 1547 Patryke ibid. p. 5; 1553 Patrick ibid. p. 8; 1564 Patrick WAmar-1 p. 15

France

Old French: ● 1301 Patris MemPic-vol17 p. 240
Middle French: ● 1564 Patrixe RegPCC-1 p. 67; 1566 Patrice ibid. p. 228; 1567 Patrixe ibid. p. 337

Ireland

Latin: ◑ fin12thC Padin (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 3, Padinus (nom) ibid. III, p. 9
Early Modern English: ● 1521/2 Patrick Fiants-1 1; 1531 Patrick ibid. 31; 1534 Patrick ibid. 38; 1535 Patrick ibid. 41; 1537/8 Patrick ibid. 51; 1539 Patrick ibid. 74; 1539/40 Patrick ibid. 95; 1540 Patrick ibid. 109; 1540/1 Patrick ibid. 162

Scotland

Latin: ● 1235 Patricio (abl) morton-vol1 3; 1238 Patricio (abl) CartStAndrew p. 2; 1376 Patricii (gen) morton-vol1 16, Patricio (dat) ibid. 16; 1424 Patricio (abl) RMSRS-2 12; 1426 Patricius (nom) ibid. 41; 1456 Patricio (abl) morton-vol1 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 2016, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2016/3/name/Patrick.