boy's name
Paudie
PAW-dee
- Origin Irish
- Gender Boy
- Letters 6
- Popularity Top 1000 (Ireland)
- Births on record 285
Ireland
#139
2025 births
Paudie is a boy's name of Latin origin, the Irish familiar form of Pádraig, and it is a spoken nickname that has become a registered name within one generation. It ranks 139th in Ireland.
- Paudie is a name of Irish origin.
- Peaked in Ireland in 2025, when 39 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade in Ireland.
- Today about 1 in 1,150 babies in Ireland is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 2010.
Paudie over time
Births per decade in Ireland, 2010s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 2010s | 79 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 161 |
What Paudie means
Paudie means nobleman, inherited from Patrick and behind that the Latin patricius. The Roman word described a member of the hereditary senatorial class, so the sense is inherited rank rather than personal quality.
Where Paudie comes from
Paudie is an Irish familiar form of Pádraig, built from Páidí with an English -ie ending, and it belongs to the same family as Séimí from Séamus and Micí from Mícheál. Pádraig comes from the Latin Patricius, a patrician. Its bearer was a Romano-British Christian taken to Ireland as a slave at sixteen who escaped, returned as a missionary, and left two documents in his own hand — the Confessio and a letter denouncing a British warlord for enslaving his converts. Almost everything else is later tradition. Paudie is strongly associated with Munster, and particularly with Kerry football, where several generations of players have carried it. Its appearance in the registered charts is genuinely recent: it was a spoken name long before anyone put it on a birth certificate.
Paudie in use
Paudie ranks 139th in Ireland with 39 births in 2025 and 203rd in Northern Ireland, and it is rising, with its peak in our records in 2025. Our records carry it only from 2010. It appears in no other market we hold, which is what one would expect of a spoken familiar form that has only just become registrable in practice.
How popular is Paudie?
In 2025, Paudie was given to 39 babies in Ireland, ranking #139 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Paudie is used
Irish figures withhold any name given to fewer than three babies in a year, so a gap means the name fell below that floor rather than went unused. The Central Statistics Office began recording the síneadh fada in 2018, so accented and unaccented spellings are counted separately from that year on. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Paudie
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Paudie also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Paudie over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Paudie in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Paudie
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Paudie — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Paudie
What does the name Paudie mean?
Paudie means "nobleman," inherited from Patrick and the Latin patricius.
Is Paudie short for Pádraig?
Yes, an Irish familiar form of it, in the same family as Séimí from Séamus.
How do you pronounce Paudie?
PAW-dee, two syllables.
How popular is Paudie?
139th in Ireland and 203rd in Northern Ireland.
Is Paudie a girl's or a boy's name?
Paudie is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.
Is Paudie a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Paudie currently ranks #139 in Ireland. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.