Padráig

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Padráig is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Ireland than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Irish Gaelic form of )Patrick.

  • IEIreland≈1 in 2.2K(inferred from the name graph)
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 80K
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 98K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Ireland (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,400 people, est.

Record sources
184 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.2K (inferred from the name graph)

Ireland, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Padraig in IE Ireland, US United States, GB United Kingdom and 3 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)

Irish Gaelic form of )Patrick.

Cited for this meaning 1

  • A concise dictionary of first names

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Padráig counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Padráig is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IE Ireland#185≈2,400 est.≈1 in 2.2K40Padraig118
US United States—8931 in 372K893Padraig184
GB United Kingdom—≈670 est.≈1 in 98K26Padraig133
JP Japan—≈400 est.≈1 in 313K—Padraig12
AU Australia—≈320 est.≈1 in 80K2Padraig81
BE Belgium—≈40 est.≈1 in 296K—Padraig12
IS Iceland—21 in 175K2——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present); SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence

(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Padráig under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Padráig mean, and where does it come from?
Irish Gaelic form of )Patrick. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
Is Padráig a male or female name?
Padráig is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Padráig have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.4 thousand people named Padráig in Ireland, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled padraig.
How common is the name Padráig?
In the United States, the national register counted 893 people named Padráig in 2020, about 1 in 372 thousand residents.
How common is Padráig compared with other names?
In Ireland, Padráig is the 185th most common given name of 14,976 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Padráig” — the 185th most common given name in Ireland. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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