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The surname Patrick has distinct Irish, Scottish, and English origins. In many cases it derives from the Anglo-Norman French, Middle English, and Older Scots personal name Patrick (Old Irish Patraicc) or as an Anglicised form of the Gaelic Mac Phádraig, "son of Patrick".[1] All have a common origin in the Latin Patricius,[1] itself meaning patrician.[2] In others, the surname Patrick is a shortened form of the surnames Mulpatrick and Fitzpatrick.[1] Many instances of Patrick as a surname appear in Ireland due to Scottish emigration.[1] It can also be a form of the English surname Partridge[3] or an Americanization of several Slavic names.[1][4] People with the surname Patrick include:

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  • Miranda and Morgan Patrick, a single mother and her daughter from Andi Mack

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Patrick family history, Ancestry.com, retrieved 24 April 2013. This webpage cited: Dictionary of American family names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
  2. ^ Etymology of the name Patrick by etymonline, retrieved 22 August 2024
  3. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Vol. 1. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978–0–19–879881–1. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: invalid character (help)
  4. ^ Reaney, Percy Hilde (1995), Wilson, Richard Middlewood (ed.), A dictionary of English surnames (3rd ed.), Oxford University Press, p. 208, ISBN 0-19-863146-4

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