Patryk
Around 180,000 Polish men carry it, but it's given to fewer boys every year, just 234 last year. At root it means "nobleman", someone of patrician birth.
Patryk Pronunciation
Patryk is pronounced PAHT-rihk (/ˈpatrɨk/).
What Patryk means
Where Patryk comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The short meaning of Patryk is plain. It names a nobleman, a patrician, szlachetnie urodzony in Polish. That sense reaches back to the Latin patricius, the word Rome gave its oldest ruling families, the households seated closest to power.
In Poland the name found a saint. Patryk keeps his imieniny on 17 March, the feast of Saint Patrick, the missionary who became patron of Ireland. A few other dates survive, 16 March and 28 April among them, though 17 March holds the most Patryks.
The variant Patrik sits close by, one letter lighter and easier abroad. Around 180,000 people in Poland carry the name today, by the PESEL count. Read a school register in almost any town and a Patryk answers. The name still says what it said in Rome: patrician, nobly born.
How many people are named Patryk
1 in 119 men in Poland is named Patryk. 180,132 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #79 among male names.
Patryk's popularity over time
234 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #168 among newborns. It has been falling steadily since 2000. Still the #79 name among living men, even as it slips to #168 among newborns.
Where Patryk is most popular
Patryk is most popular in Subcarpathian, 70% above the national average (378 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Lesser Poland (+52%) and Podlaskie (+36%). It is least common in Kuyavian-Pomeranian and Pomeranian, 41% and 37% below average respectively.
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Subcarpathian378 boys born+70%
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Lesser Poland635 boys born+52%
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Podlaskie165 boys born+36%
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Silesian490 boys born+17%
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Lublin217 boys born+15%
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Świętokrzyskie113 boys born+11%
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Łódź235 boys born+1%
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Opole82 boys born−3%
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Lubusz84 boys born−8%
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Lower Silesian265 boys born−9%
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Masovian514 boys born−21%
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Greater Poland304 boys born−23%
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Warmian-Masurian99 boys born−25%
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West Pomeranian112 boys born−28%
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Pomeranian172 boys born−37%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian118 boys born−41%
Patryk as a middle name
Patryk is a first name for 180,132 men in Poland and a middle name for another 53,242, a 77/23 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 53rd, between Dominik (57,945) and Leszek (52,728).
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51
58,007Wiesław
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52
57,945Dominik
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5353,242Patryk
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54
52,728Leszek
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55
52,574Damian
When Patryk celebrates name day
Patryk appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar. The main date is 17 March.