THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Patrick
Patrick is recorded as a male given name in Cebuano. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Patrick.
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
English
- /ˈpætɹɪk/Australia · General-American · Received-Pronunciation
- [ˈpʰæ.t̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɪk̚]Australia · General-American · Received-Pronunciation
- /ˈpatɹɪk/British · Midlands · Northern-England · Southern · Standard
- /ˈpatɾɪk/Scotland · Wales
- /ˈpɛtɹək/New-Zealand
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
From English Patrick, from Latin Patricius.
a male given name from English
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EnglishEtymology & source
From Middle English Patrick, from Latin Patricius (“patrician”), the name of an early Irish saint. Doublet of Paddy.
A male given name.
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People with the name Patrick
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Patrick Garcia
Filipino actor
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Jimmy Bondoc
Filipino pop singer
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
4
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
14
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Patrick Garcia, Jimmy Bondoc
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Patrick in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Patrick
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Patrice♂♀Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
- Patri·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Patria·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Patricia♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Patricio♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Patring♀Short form of Patricia and Patrice
- Cedrick·Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Derick♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Patrick?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Recorded combinations with Patrick
4 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
- Dino Patrick·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- John Patrick·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- John Patrick Zainudi·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Willand Patrick·Recorded Philippine given-name form
Explore Patrick further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q18002623 — Patrick (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Patrick Garcia (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q18002623 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Jimmy Bondoc (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q18002623 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Patrick (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Patrick (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.