Padraig
Padraig is a boy name of Irish origin, meaning Noble; of noble birth.
What Padraig means
Noble; of noble birth.
Padraig sits at 7 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Padraig comes from
Irish names come from the Gaelic tradition, and most of the familiar spellings are anglicisations of older forms. The original often looks nothing like the version in common use today.
Padraig is recorded as Irish in origin. Browse other Irish names.
How popular is Padraig?
Padraig is not in the current top 100 boy names we track. In practice that means a child called Padraig is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Padraig
We group Padraig under Noble. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.
Themes: Noble
Names like Padraig
These share Padraig's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Diarmuid — Free man; without envy.
- Tiernan — Little lord.
- Adil — Just and fair.
- Albert — Noble and bright.
- Alberto — Noble and bright.
- Ali — Exalted; noble.
- Aryan — Noble; honorable.
- Errol — Wanderer; nobleman.
- Eugene — Well-born; noble.
- Evander — Good man; strong.
- Gareth — Gentle and noble.
- Karim — Generous; noble.