Paddy (given name)
Paddy or Paddi is a diminutive form of the male given names Patrick, Patricia, Padraig, Padraic and variant forms. It is also a nickname.
Notable people include:
- Paddi Edwards, English-born American actress
- Paddy Ashdown, British politician and diplomat
- Paddy Barnes, Irish amateur boxer
- Mary Bell , Australian aviator and founding leader of the Women's Air Training Corps
- Paddy Belton, Irish politician
- Paddy Bradley, Irish Gaelic footballer
- Paddy Buckley, Scottish footballer
- Paddy Chayefsky, American playwright, screenwriter and novelist
- Paddy Clancy, Irish folk singer
- Paddy Considine, English actor, filmmaker, screenwriter and musician
- Paddy Corrigan, Irish retired hurling player
- Paddy Cullen, Irish former football goalkeeper and manager
- Paddy Daly, member of the Irish Republican Army and major-general in the Irish National Army
- Paddy Doherty, several people
- Paddy Donegan, Irish politician
- Paddy Driscoll, American football quarterback in both the Pro and College Football Halls of Fame
- Patrick Leigh Fermor, British author, scholar and Second World War soldier
- Paddy Finucane, Second World War flying ace with the Royal Air Force
- Paddy George, New Zealand rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s
- Paddy Glackin, Irish fiddler
- Paddy Gormley, Irish politician
- Paddy Harrington, Irish Gaelic footballer
- Paddy Harte, Irish politician
- Paddy Henderson , Irish football goalkeeper
- Paddy Keenan, Irish player of the uilleann pipes
- Paddy Kennedy, various people
- Paddy Kenny, Premier League football goalkeeper
- Paddy Larkin, Irish hurling player of the 1930s and 1940s
- Paddy Lowe, British motor racing engineer
- Paddy Mayne, British Army lieutenant colonel and founder of the elite Special Air Service, solicitor and Irish rugby union international
- Paddy McAloon, English singer, songwriter and member of the band Prefab Sprout
- Paddy McCarthy, Irish footballer
- Paddy McCourt, Footballer from Northern Ireland
- Paddy McGuinness, English sit-down comedian, actor, television personality and presenter
- Paddy McNair, Footballer from Northern Ireland
- Paddy Mendis, 4th Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force
- Paddy Mitchell, Canadian bank robber
- Paddy Moloney, founder and leader of the Irish musical group The Chieftains
- Paddy Moore, Irish footballer
- Paddy Mullins, Irish racehorse trainer
- Paddy O'Brien, several people
- Paddy O'Kane, Irish footballer during the 1920s and 1930s
- Paddy O'Keeffe, Irish hurler
- Paddy O'Reilly, Australian writer
- Paddy Reilly, various people
- Paddy Ryan, Irish American boxer and world heavyweight champion
- J.P. "Paddy" Saul, Irish aviator and seaman
- Paddy Tuimavave, former professional rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand and Western Samoa
- Paddy Wallace, Irish rugby union footballer
