Patric
Most Poles have never met one: only about 56 men carry this spelling of Patrick. Celtic at root, it means "nobleman", from the same word that gives us "patrician".
Patric Pronunciation
Patric is pronounced PAHT-reets (/ˈpatrit͡s/).
What Patric means
Where Patric comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Patric grows from a Celtic root, and it travels with Saint Patrick, the fifth-century missionary who became patron of Ireland. His feast falls on 17 March, a date now known far past any church calendar. The name reached many countries in his wake.
The short meaning is plain: nobleman, patrician, a person of high birth. Someone so named was counted among those who ruled rather than those who served. There is a small irony here. Patrick himself was seized as a boy and held as a slave in Ireland before he ever preached there.
On his imieniny a Polish child named Patric might hear the story of the shepherd boy who came back to the island that had enslaved him. The spelling stands a little apart from the forms his classmates carry. The Polish reading holds the old sense: szlachetnie urodzony, nobly born.
How many people are named Patric
1 in 381182 men in Poland is named Patric. 56 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4972 among male names.
Patric's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Patric as a middle name
Patric is a first name for 56 men in Poland and a middle name for another 29, a 66/34 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1570th, between Osvaldo (29) and Remi (29).
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#1568 Or29
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#1569 Osvaldo29
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#1570 Patric29
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#1571 Remi29
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#1572 Rüdiger29