My husbands middle name is [name]Padraig[/name], and im thinking of how it would work as a first name for our son coming in september.
i saw here on nameberry that its traditionally pronounced Pad-dreek. however my husband and his family have always pronounced it “pad-rig” which i highly prefer, and would probably use the nickname “rigs” since im not a huge fan of the name per say, although i dont hate it. but i do HATE the nickname paddy!
how hard do you think it would be for my son growing up with a name like this? am i wrong to pronounce it as Pad-[name]Rig[/name]? I am pretty sure the pro golfer [name]Padraig[/name] [name]Harrington[/name] pronounces it as “pad-rig” I just dont like the fact that he will forever be correcting people, “no its not [name]Patrick[/name], its [name]PADRAIG[/name]!” and that could get highly annoying!!
But i love the nickname [name]Rigs[/name], and think it goes well with my son [name]Max[/name]. I just would want a longer name for his birth certificate!
I’m a fluent speaker of the language and the pronunciation of [name]Padraig[/name] varies in different regions due to different dialects. The most generally accepted pronunciations are PAD-rig and PAWD-rig, though. Never in all my days have I heard Pad-reek!
I think its quite handsome, I like it.
If I’m right I do believe it’s actually pronounced as Paw-rig, or Paw-drig more so than the pronunciations you have listed. I’m not 100% but that’s what I’ve been told.
Whenever, I’ve heard the golfer’s name I’ve something more like Pod-rig, so no ‘a’ sound in there at all.
I think Pod-rig or Pawdrig pronunciations would still give you the [name]Rigs[/name] nickname.
great, thanks! like i mentioned in my post, my husband always pronounced it “pad-rig” but i read on nameberry it was pronounced “Pad-reek” so i was a little thrown off! Thanks for your expertise!
Thank you! yes, i have thought of [name]Rigby[/name] as well. THought it would be nice to use a family name first, but i do like [name]Rigby[/name]! thanks!
Great if you live in [name]Ireland[/name], but I think that unless you like correcting pronunciation in others and don’t mind your child also having to, this name isn’t that wearable in the US.
Another NN that often comes from [name]Padraig[/name] here is [name]Ireland[/name] is Podge. The Pad-reek pronunciation could be coming from the variant [name]Padraic[/name]. I would personally pronounce it Paw’d-rig. [name]Rigs[/name]/[name]Rigby[/name] is cute too!
I knew a little boy named [name]Padraig[/name] in the US and while a lot of people attempted to pronounce his name correctly, many people seemed to just call him [name]Patrick[/name] (I’m not sure if they could hear/appreciate the difference). If that’s not too troublesome for you, I’d use it and I think nn [name]Rigs[/name] is cute too.
I think that when your name is mispronounced you get more attention. ([name]ROLL[/name] CALL AT SCHOOL) “[name]Patrick[/name]?” “No, it’s Pad-rig.” See? all the students in class now have noticed him. “[name]Patrick[/name]?” “Here” does not get as much attention. Go with it. Different is cool.