Patrick / Padraig

[thehappyprince]

Ds2 due any day and still no agreement - or really ideas - on names. Dh has mentioned Patrick on several occasions, he is n. Irish and I Scottish and ds1 has traditional Scottish name. I quite like Padraig but really not sure about the inevitable shortening to Pat or Paddy. What do you think? Any other ways to shorten them?
Also, like many on fantasy name thread like Atticus, I blame Gregory Peck!

I love Atticus!

Patrick is ok, but I don't like Pat (sounds girly) or Paddy.

I love Padraig. Could be shortened to Paid too.

Lovely names. The normal shortenings for Padraig here in Cork would be Paudie (Paw -dee) Paud (to rhyme with Maud), or even Podge (which emerges moreas Paudge).

The young Patricks I know don't get shortened though the older gang do.

Lovely names. I like Padraig and Atticus in particular.

My sister has a Padraig (Pawric pron rather than the Pawdrig one) and her other boys are Conall (Con-ull), Cian and Rory.

Four boys. [faint]

thats pronounced Paw-id btw

Shaun, would you pronounce Paid "Pad"? Paddy's not too bad, max and paddy bringing me round a bit but keep thinking of blue eyeshadowed hooped earringed pat butcher for Pat!

What kind of a name does DS1 have? Irish/Scottish/Peckish?

Oops, thanks Shaun. Lots of shorter versions I'd not heard of, Redlentil that's great. Not sure of Podge though! Given am a bit that way myself...
Love Atticus but don't think I could actually use it

Ds1 has trad Scottish name which can also be spelt with either a d or t, his is spelt with a d. Dh has very common 1 syllable name so needs to be a bit unusual, long (at least unusual for England where we're living now

Atticus is great! Very cool and quite unique.

I don't mind Patrick, but don't like Pat, Patty, or Paddy as nicknames.

Sorry am so slow at typing, am on phone. Redlentil, do your friends with Padraigs still call them that when they're old enough to be at school / their friends start using nicknames? Thanks everyone for the replies, still like Atticus but would have a hard time convincing dh methinks

Podge is the one his mates will call him when they are winding him up 18 years down the line.

The Padraigs I know in their early thirties have always been 'Paudie'.

The small ones go by their full names but aren't in school yet.

I love Patrick but really dislike Pat and Rick.

I would use Paddy for a little one and then hope to use the full form later?

Is Pat shortened to Rick?
I've not come across that.

Hmm, so likely to be shortened when at school I guess - your nephews names are lovely redlentil. And Paudie is alright, we oould still call him Padraig.
Love the principled determination associated with the character Atticus, and think it could be really cool sophiesmummy, mopsy and mumoftoomany, but not sure if it'd seem a very posh name, have generally preferred fairly down to earth classless names, and haven't come across any atticuses (Attici?) to get a feel of the name. Perhaps it'd depend if "To kill a mockingbird " ever came off the school reading lists

Suppose Patrick could be shortened to Rick, Norkily, but agree - don't like either Pat or Rick so think would have to be Padraig / Paddy / Paudie

Paudie makes me think he could be shortened to P Diddy which would be hideously uncool in a few years!

My DH is Patrick.

Me and his family call him...Patrick!

The only exceptions are nieces and nephews who all him Uncle Paddy, mainly I think because he had 2 Uncle Paddy's himself (Irish family) and it sounded right. Your own name with Auntie or Uncle added always sounds a bit weird at first doesn't it?

His mates call him Pat but I hate it too - just like the Op, it reminds me of Pat Butcher from Eastenders.

I have heard of Patch as a nn for Patrick. Always thought that would be cute for a little boy.

Hadn't thought of Patch, and maybe - just maybe - name wouldn't be shortened at all GoldenSnitch! Just noticed redlentil's "Peckish" name too . Think I am coming round to "Padraig", and just leaving as Padraig, maybe encouraging Patch or Paddy if it starts getting shortened. I'm afraid I associate Paud/Paudie with testicles ("your pods") so not sure I could wholeheartedly embrace...

The in-laws don't like name shortening - you should see the looks I get from FIL when I call DS by the short version of his full name!!

DD has a shorten-able name too - first thing he said when we told him what we'd chosen was "and what are you actually going to call her"! Funnily enough, so far (she's 9 weeks old) we've only used the full version.

My 11 year old nephew's name can be shortened but he corrects people if they do - he likes his full name better. You might find little Padraig is the same

I love Patrick. An underused classic imo. My favourite type of name. I am not crazy about Padraig though, despite being Irish myself.. It nearly always ends up being 'Podge'. Ha bloody ha. I know a couple of podges. Patrick seems more like 'call me Patrick though.

Redlentil says "The young Patricks I know don't get shortened though the older gang do."

I agree. It's the aul fellas who are Paddy and Patch etc.

My friend has a Patrick (18yrs) and his friends started calling him Rick at school because they said Pat sounded silly. so hes been Rick or Ricky since about the age of 7.
Dont even think most of his friends he has now know his real name is Patrick!!