Paddy (given name)

Paddy is a unisex given name. It is often short for Patrick, Patricia, or Pádraig.

Notable people include:

Men

• Paddy Ashdown (1941–2018), British politician and diplomat
• Paddy Barnes (born 1987), Irish amateur boxer
• Paddy Baumann (1885–1969), American baseball player
• Paddy Belton (1926–87), Irish politician
• Paddy Bradley (born 1981), Irish Gaelic footballer
• Paddy Buckley (1925–2008), Scottish footballer
• Paddy Chayefsky (1923–81), American playwright, screenwriter and novelist
• Paddy Clancy (1922–98), Irish folk singer
• Paddy Considine (born 1973), English actor, filmmaker, screenwriter and musician
• Paddy Corrigan (born 1962), Irish retired hurling player
• Paddy Cullen, Irish former football goalkeeper and manager
• Paddy Daly (1888–1957), member of the Irish Republican Army and major-general in the Irish National Army
• Paddy Doherty (disambiguation), several people
• Paddy Donegan (1923–2000), Irish politician
• Paddy Driscoll (1896–1968), American football quarterback in both the Pro and College Football Halls of Fame
• Paddy Finucane (1920–1942), Second World War flying ace with the Royal Air Force
• Paddy Fisher (born 1998), American football player
• Paddy George, New Zealand rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s
• Paddy Glackin (born 1954), Irish fiddler
• Paddy Golden (born 1972), Northern Irish emergency physician and sports doctor
• Paddy Gormley (1916–2001), Irish politician
• Charles Patrick Green (1914–1999), South African-born British Royal Air Force Second World War fighter ace
• Paddy Greene (1875–1934), American baseball player
• Paddy Greene (hurler) (1916–1997), Irish hurler
• Paddy Harrington (1933–2005), Irish Gaelic footballer
• Paddy Harte (1931–2018), Irish politician
• Paddy Hayes (born 1965), Irish Gaelic footballer
• Paddy Henderson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Paddy Keenan (born 1950), Irish player of the uilleann pipes
• Paddy Kennedy (disambiguation), various people
• Paddy Kenny (born 1978), Premier League football goalkeeper
• Paddy Larkin, Irish hurling player of the 1930s and 1940s
• Paddy Livingston (1880–1977), American baseball player
• Paddy Lowe (born 1962), British motor racing engineer
• Paddy Mayne (1915–55), British Army lieutenant colonel and founder of the elite Special Air Service, solicitor and Irish rugby union international
• Paddy Mayes (1885–1963), American baseball player
• Paddy McAloon (born 1957), English singer, songwriter and member of the band Prefab Sprout
• Paddy McCarthy (born 1983), Irish footballer
• Paddy McCourt (born 1983), Footballer from Northern Ireland
• Paddy McGuinness (born 1973), English comedian, actor, television personality and presenter
• Paddy McNair (born 1995), Footballer from Northern Ireland
• Paddy Mendis (1933–2022), 4th Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force
• Paddy Mitchell (1942–2007), Canadian bank robber
• Paddy Moloney (1938–2021), founder and leader of the Irish musical group The Chieftains
• Paddy Moore (1909–51), Irish footballer
• Paddy Mullins (1919–2010), Irish racehorse trainer
• Paddy O'Brien (disambiguation), several people
• Paddy O'Connor (1879–1950), Irish-American baseball player
• Paddy O'Kane, Irish footballer during the 1920s and 1930s
• Paddy O'Keeffe (1864–?), Irish hurler
• Paddy Quinn (disambiguation), multiple people
• Paddy Reilly (disambiguation), various people
• Paddy Ryan (1851–1900), Irish American boxer and world heavyweight champion (1880–1882)
• J.P. "Paddy" Saul (1895–1968), Irish aviator and seaman
• Paddy Siglin (1891–1956), American baseball player
• Paddy Smith (disambiguation), multiple people
• Paddy Tuimavave, former professional rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand and Western Samoa
• Paddy Wallace (born 1979), Irish rugby union footballer

Women

• Paddy Bassett (1918–2019), New Zealand agricultural scientist
• Paddy Bell, Multiple people
• Paddy Christie (journalist) (born 1945), Scottish journalist
• Paddy Croft (1923–2025), English born Irish-American actress
• Paddy Figgis (1939–2014), Irish archeologist and author
• Paddy Higson (1941–2025), Scottish film producer
• Paddy Johnson, American art educator and entrepreneur
• Paddy Jones (born 1934), British salsa dancer
• Paddy Kitchen (1934–2005), English novelist, biographer, and art critic
• Paddy McGroarty, British international footballer
• Paddy Naismith (1903–1963), British actress, pilot, racing driver
• Paddy O'Reilly (writer) (born 1959), Australian writer
• Paddy O'Sullivan (1918–1994), Irish officer
• Paddy Richardson, New Zealand writer
• Paddy Ridsdale (1921–2009), British secretary and intelligence operative
• Paddy Russell (1928–2017), British television director
• Paddy Summerfield (artist) (1929–2015), British artist
• Paddy Torsney (born 1962), Canadian politician
• Paddy Walker (1916–2015), New Zealand teacher, peace activist, and politician

See also

• Patti (name), given name and surname
• Patty (given name)