Paddy (name)
Paddy (British pronunciation: [ ˈpadi ], American and Irish pronunciation: [ ˈpædi ]) is a short or nickname of the English given name Patrick , which is particularly common in Ireland.
It corresponds to the Irish (Gaelic) form Páidín , short for Pádraig .
“Paddy” is also used in English as a generic nickname and mockery for the Irish, see the article Paddy (ethnophaulism) on this aspect .
Name bearer
- Paddy Ashdown (1941-2018), British politician
- Paddy Barnes (* 1987), Irish boxer
- Paddy Bedford (1922-2007), Australian painter
- Paddy Belton (1926–1987), Irish politician
- Paddy Burke (* 1955), Irish politician
- Paddy Chayefsky (1923–1981), American playwright and screenwriter
- Paddy Considine (born 1973), British actor
- Paddy DeMarco (1928-1997), American boxer
- Paddy Donegan (1923-2000), Irish politician
- Paddy Driscoll (1895-1968), American baseball and football player and coach
- Paddy Driver (* 1934), South African racing driver
- Paddy Dunne (1928-2006), Irish politician
- Paddy Gloor (* 1976), Swiss marksman
- Paddy John (* 1990), Dutch soccer player
- Paddy Kälin (* 1976), Swiss television presenter
- Paddy Keenan (born 1950), Irish musician
- Paddy Kelly (* 1977), Irish-American musician
- Paddy Kenny (born 1978), Irish football player
- Paddy Kroetz (* 1978), German television presenter
- Paddy Lowe (* 1962), British Formula 1 engineer
- Paddy Madden (born 1990), Irish football player
- Paddy McAloon (* 1957), British musician
- Paddy McCourt (born 1983), Irish football player
- Paddy McGuigan (1939-2014), Irish folk singer and musician
- Paddy Milner (* 1980), British jazz pianist
- Paddy Moloney (born 1938), Irish musician
- Paddy Nelson (1919–1999), Australian painter
- Paddy O'Toole (born 1938), Irish politician
- Paddy Power (1928-2013), Irish politician
- Paddy Reilly (born 1939), Irish musician
- Paddy Roy Bates (1921–2012), British operator of a pirate station and founder of the micronation Sealand
- Paddy Schmidt (* 1963), German musician
- Paddy Whannel (1922-1980), British media theorist