Patrik
Most Poles have never met a Patrik: only around 570 men carry this spelling, the rarer cousin of Patryk. It comes from the Latin for a nobleman or patrician, and it is barely given now, just a couple of boys last year.
Patrik Pronunciation
Patrik is pronounced PAHT-reek (/ˈpatrik/).
What Patrik means
Where Patrik comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Patrik comes from Latin patricius, the word Rome used for a member of its founding aristocracy. The root gives the short meaning almost unchanged: nobleman, patrician. In Polish the sense is szlachetnie urodzony, someone of noble birth. The spelling Patryk is the more common Polish variant, while Patrik keeps a shorter, borrowed look.
The best-documented bearer is a fifth-century Briton named Patricius who was carried off as a slave and later became a missionary bishop. His Latin name meant patrician, and it long outlasted the rank it once described. Roman patrician families are gone. The word for them survives as a first name.
On a Polish class register today, Patryk sits among the Kacpers and Szymons, a name read at roll call without a second thought. Its meaning holds steady under the spelling: born to rank, patrician, noble.
How many people are named Patrik
1 in 37188 men in Poland is named Patrik. 574 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1241 among male names.
Patrik's popularity over time
2 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1782 among newborns. It has been falling steadily since 2000. Still the #1241 name among living men, even as it slips to #1782 among newborns.
Patrik as a middle name
Patrik is a first name for 574 men in Poland and a middle name for another 117, an 83/17 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 644th, between Keith (118) and Paulo (117).
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#642 Kaan118
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#643 Keith118
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#644 Patrik117
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#645 Paulo117
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#646 Przybysław117