# Paddy (given name)

Paddy is a diminutive form of the male given names Patrick, Patricia, Padraig, Padraic and variant forms. It is also a nickname.
Notable people include:
* Paddy Ashdown (1941–2018), British politician and diplomat
* Paddy Barnes (born 1987), Irish amateur boxer
* Paddy Baumann (1885–1969), American baseball player
* 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
* Paddy Finucane (1920–1942), Second World War flying ace with the Royal Air Force
* Paddy Fisher (born 1998), American football player
* Paddy George, New Zealand rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s
* Paddy Glackin (born 1954), Irish fiddler
* Paddy Golden (born 1972), Northern Irish emergency physician and sports doctor
* Paddy Gormley (1916–2001), Irish politician
* Charles Patrick Green (1914–1999), South African-born British Royal Air Force Second World War fighter ace
* Paddy Greene (1875–1934), American baseball player
* Paddy Greene (hurler) (1916–1997), Irish hurler
* Paddy Harrington (1933–2005), Irish Gaelic footballer
* Paddy Harte (1931–2018), Irish politician
* Paddy Hayes (born 1965), Irish Gaelic footballer
* Paddy Henderson (disambiguation), multiple people
* 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 Livingston (1880–1977), American baseball player
* 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 Mayes (1885–1963), American baseball player
* 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 (1933–2022), 4th Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force
* Paddy Mitchell (1942–2007), Canadian bank robber
* Paddy Moloney (1938–2021), 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'Connor (1879–1950), Irish-American baseball player
* Paddy O'Kane, Irish footballer during the 1920s and 1930s
* Paddy O'Keeffe (1864–?), Irish hurler
* Paddy O'Reilly (born 1959), Australian writer
* Paddy Quinn (disambiguation), multiple people
* 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 Siglin (1891–1956), American baseball player
* Paddy Smith (disambiguation), multiple people
* Paddy Tuimavave, former professional rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand and Western Samoa
* Paddy Wallace (born 1979), Irish rugby union footballer