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Origin: Latinalaisesta nimestä Patrick, maskuliini
Meaning: Patrick: Noble, wellborn, patrician, of noble birth, regal.
Paddy was sometimes used as a slang term for Irishman and also for a temper tantrum.
Paddy has many variant forms: Paddey, Paddie, Padraic and Padraig. Other names associated with Patrick are Pat, Patrik, Patsy and Patty.
Usage: Irish, english
Usage: Irish, English, French, German
History: The names religious background goes back to Saint Patrick (386-March 17 to 493) who was a missionary and is regarded as the patron saint of Ireland (along with Saint Brigid and Saint Columba). He is also the patron saint of excluded people, engineers, and Nigeria, which was evangelized primarily by Irish missionaries, especially priests from Saint Patrick's Missionary Society (also known as the Kiltegan Missionaries).
He was born somewhere along the west coast of Britain in the little settlement or village of Bannavem of Taburnia (vico banavem taburniae in his Confessio), which has never been identified with certainty. Sites suggested include Dumbarton, Furness [1] and Somerset, or the coastline of Wales or northern France; another possibility put forward for his birthplace is the settlement of Bannaventa in Northamptonshire, for raiders captured him with "many thousands of people" according to Patrick's autobiographical Confessio, and sold them as slaves in Ireland. The tiny Welsh village of Banwen has often been suggested as his birth place. It was clearly occupied in Roman times, sitting on the Neath-Brecon Roman road and next to the two Roman forts in Coelbren. His given name was Maewyn Succat.
Sources:
Behind the name http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=paddy
Wikipedia the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy
and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick
Catholic saint http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=89
Saint PatricK http://www.domestic-church.com/CONTENT.DCC/19980301/SAINTS/STPAT.HTM
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