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Origin / History of the Patrick Name

This surname is of early medieval English origin, and one of the variant forms of the surname generated by the male personal name Patrick.  The given name was adopted from the Latin ‘Patricius’, son of a noble father, a member of the patrician class, the Roman hereditary aristocracy. Patrick was the name of a 5^th Century Roman-Briton who became the apostle of Ireland, and his subsequent fame was largely responsible for the popularity of the given name during the Middle Ages.  In England the given name found most favour in the northern counties, and is first recorded there in its latinized form of ‘Patricius’, in the Early Yorkshire Charters of 1175 - 1196.  In Scotland, Patrick was popular in the West, and became confused with Peter, while in Ireland it only became a popular Christian name after 1600, due probably to the Scots settlers in Ulster.  Early examples of the surname include: William Patric, 1130, in the ‘Pipe Rolls of Kent’; William Patrik, 1180 in Lancashire; Ivo Patryk, 1273 Essex; and Ralph Paterik, 1292 Hertfordshire.  Recordings from London Church Registers include: the christening of Henrie Patrick in 1582, at St. Luke's, Chelsea; and the marriage of George Patrick and Sarah Jackson in 1636, at St. Katherine by the Tower.  

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