Pádraigín is a

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in the

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, formed by adding the

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''-ín'' to the name ''

Pádraig Pádraig ( ; ), Pádraic or Páraic ( , ; ) is an Irish male name deriving from the Latin ''Patricius'', meaning "of the patrician class", introduced via the name of Saint Patrick. Patrick is the English version. Diminutives include Páidín, ...

'' (the Irish equivalent of ''

Patrick Patrick may refer to: * Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name * Patrick (surname), list of people with this name People * Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint *Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick ...

''). The suffix was formerly used as a hypocoristic, giving a male pet name akin to"little Pádraig"; latterly it was a feminiser used to Gaelicise '' Patricia'', the English feminine form of ''Patrick''.

People with the given name

Pádraigín Haicéad Pádraigín Haicéad (English Patrick Hackett; Latin Patricius Hacquettus; c. 1604 – November 1654) was an Irish-language poet and Dominican priest. His father was James Hackett FitzPiers, from an Old English family at Ballytarsna near Cashel, ...

(c.1604–1654), Dominican priest and Irish-language poet *

Padraigín Ní Mhurchú Padraigín Ní Mhurchú (20 February 1949 – 4 June 2019) was an Irish trade union leader. Born in Rakeeragh, County Monaghan, Ní Mhurchú was educated at St Louis Girls' National School in Carrickmacross. She joined the Irish Civil Ser ...

(1949–2019), Irish trade unionist * Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin (''fl.'' 1976–2010s), Irish singer, songwriter and academic * Enya (born 1961), Irish singer, real name Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin

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