Paddy (given name)

Paddy or Paddi is a diminutive form of the male given names Patrick, Patricia, Padraig, Padraic and variant forms. It is also a nickname.

Notable people include:

• Paddi Edwards (1931–1999), English-born American actress
• Paddy Ashdown (1941–2018), British politician and diplomat
• Paddy Barnes (born 1987), Irish amateur boxer
• Mary Bell (aviator) (1903–1979), Australian aviator and founding leader of the Women's Air Training Corps
• 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
• Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915–2011), British author, scholar and Second World War soldier
• Paddy Finucane (1920–1942), Second World War flying ace with the Royal Air Force
• Paddy George, New Zealand rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s
• Paddy Glackin (born 1954), Irish fiddler
• Paddy Gormley (1916–2001), Irish politician
• Paddy Harrington (1933–2005), Irish Gaelic footballer
• Paddy Harte (1931–2018), Irish politician
• Paddy Henderson (footballer) (born 1938), Irish football goalkeeper
• 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 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 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 sit-down comedian, actor, television personality and presenter
• Paddy McNair (born 1995), Footballer from Northern Ireland
• Paddy Mendis (born 1933), 4th Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force
• Paddy Mitchell (1942–2007), Canadian bank robber
• Paddy Moloney (born 1938), 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'Kane, Irish footballer during the 1920s and 1930s
• Paddy O'Keeffe (1864–?), Irish hurler
• Paddy O'Reilly (born 1959), Australian writer
• 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 Tuimavave, former professional rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand and Western Samoa
• Paddy Wallace (born 1979), Irish rugby union footballer