Patrick

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We are having a boy after 3 girls so I thought it fitting to call our baby Patrick after my father in law who has sadly died.

His full name will be Patrick Joseph George surname begins with M and it flows lovely together.

What do you think of the name and middle names together?

I like it. Don't like the shortening pat but like Patrick - had a v cool friend at school who was lovely with that name. Joseph nice, George not that bothered but yes in general. Haven't come across any Patricks at baby groups myself so might be time for a revival.

A nice combination if names.

Beautiful, classic and timeless name meaning 'noble'. Go for it! I am a bit biased though!

No I don't like it shortened to Pat either which I've already said to DH.
Our girls all have nicknames so he'll get one too or I'll just keep reminding people not to shorten his name.

What's not to like? I think it's a classic, timeless name / combo with a special meaning too

Ah I didn't know it's meaning, thank you Valsoldknickers.

Our little one, due in 4 weeks, will probably be Patrick if it's a boy. Lovely name and a nice combination of middle names!

Hx

Very nice, OP, and Joseph is lovely too. George is fine although, again, I'm not so bothered by it.

Paddy is a nicer nn than Pat, imo.

LOVE Patrick!! Joseph and George wouldn't be my personal choices but are nice names and go very well together.

I never even thought of Patrick when I had my ds'. Lovely!!

I love Patrick, often suggest it on here. I once knew a Patrick known as Ricky.

The Patrick I know is Patch for short.

" just keep reminding people not to shorten his name."

Please don't do this.

I have a Patrick. He has loads of different shortenings depending on who he's with. He's usually Patrick or a baby nickname at home, but Pat, Paddy, PJ, Rick, Trick.........and I'm sure others I've forgotten at various clubs and social groups. Pat plays football and Paddy plays rugby for example!
I loved calling him Patch as a baby, but he stamped that one out as soon as he was old enough to express a preference!

Lovely name , I would love to use it but can't because of my surname

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I will remind people not to shorten his name if they call him Pat. Once he is old enough to decide for himself that's fine but until then I'd prefer people not to use it. I don't think that's unreasonable.

I love patch though.

It's my ds's name, so I love it!
You don't meet many little Patricks in my neck of the woods either!

I love it - a great solid name that isn't too popular. I know a grown up Patrick who is still known as Patch and it really suits him.

Mind you I suspect it's going to be popular soon. There were very few indeed when I named my ds.

However when I named my dd nearly 19 years ago, there were very few Graces!

So beware......

I love the name Patrick and would have used it if we didn't have an Irish surname. I would remind people to use the full name too.

I know an 18 year old Patrick who's name is never shortened not even at school.

What's wrong with using Patrick with an Irish last name?

Because we are not Irish.

I don't get why you can't have Patrick with an Irish surname.

I like it OP!

I think because Pat is such an obvious and easy/lazy shortening you'll probably have to introduce Patch or Paddy fairly early on though to prevent it being used.

Forgot to add this is based on my DSes friend Patrick who's parents didn't allow Pat, so it just evolved that all his mates started calling him 'Patsy' which then became the norm.

Huh?

It's a lovely name. Patch or Paddy are lovely nicknames. But I'm biased. I married one.

There's nothing wrong with using Patrick with an Irish surname but everyone would assume you were actually Irish which would be a bit weird if you are English. Our Irish name has to have come from somewhere but it goes so far back that no one has been able to trace any links. We get people congratulating us on St Patricks day as it is.

I think it would be daft calling someone Patrick Murphy (for eg) if you were English.