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Patrick McKinney in the Netflix television series Stranger Things. Patrick McReary, character in GTA IV and GTA V. Patrick Star in the television series SpongeBob SquarePants; Patrick Verona, main character in 10 Things I Hate About You; Lord Harry, also known as Patrick, the locomotive character from The Railway Series books by the Rev. W. Awdry
The Italian nome is not analogous to the ancient Roman nomen; the Italian nome is the given name (distinct between siblings), while the Roman nomen is the gentile name (inherited, thus shared by all in a gens). Female naming traditions, and name-changing rules after adoption for both sexes, likewise differ between Roman antiquity and modern ...
Patrizio is an Italian male personal name. It is the Italian form of Patrick. Patrizio Bertelli (born 1946), Italian businessman; Patrizio Bianchi (born 1952), Italian economist and politician; Patrizio Buanne (born 1978), Italian baritone; Patrizio Di Renzo (born 1971), Swiss photographer; Patrizio Frau (born 1989), German-Italian footballer
All have a common origin in the Latin Patricius, [1] itself meaning patrician and entering these languages via the Old Irish Patraicc. [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]
Among Italian Americans, it is often used as a pet name for Pasquale. [ 1 ] In older usage, Patsy was also a nickname for Martha or Matilda , following a common nicknaming pattern of changing an M to a P (such as in Margaret → Meg/Meggy → Peg/Peggy; and Molly → Polly) and adding a feminine suffix.
Patrick, Pat, Patrice, Patsy, Patti, Tricia, Trish, Trixie, Patrizia Patricia is a feminine given name of Latin origin. Derived from the Latin word patrician , meaning 'noble', it is the feminine form of the masculine given name Patrick .
The name is often anglicised as its English language equivalent Patrick or phonetically, e.g. Pauric. Diminutives include Páidín , Páidí (both anglicised as 'Paudeen' and ' Paddy ', respectively), and the feminine equivalent Pádraigín ( little Patrick ), which was originally an exclusively masculine name before later being viewed as the ...
Examples of Italian diminutive words used in English are mostly culinary, like spaghetti (plural diminutive of "spago", meaning "thin string" or "twine"), linguine (named for its resemblance to little tongues ("lingue", in Italian)), bruschetta and zucchini.