Paddy (given name)

Paddy is a diminutive form of the male given names Patrick, Patricia, Padraig, Padraic and variant forms. It is also a nickname.

Notable people include:
 * Paddy Ashdown (1941–2018), British politician and diplomat
 * Paddy Barnes (born 1987), Irish amateur boxer
 * Paddy Baumann (1885–1969), American baseball player
 * Paddy Belton (1926–87), Irish politician
 * Paddy Bradley (born 1981), Irish Gaelic footballer
 * Paddy Buckley (1925–2008), Scottish footballer
 * Paddy Chayefsky (1923–81), American playwright, screenwriter and novelist
 * Paddy Clancy (1922–98), Irish folk singer
 * Paddy Considine (born 1973), English actor, filmmaker, screenwriter and musician
 * Paddy Corrigan (born 1962), Irish retired hurling player
 * Paddy Cullen, Irish former football goalkeeper and manager
 * Paddy Daly (1888–1957), member of the Irish Republican Army and major-general in the Irish National Army
 * Paddy Doherty (disambiguation), several people
 * Paddy Donegan (1923–2000), Irish politician
 * Paddy Driscoll (1896–1968), American football quarterback in both the Pro and College Football Halls of Fame
 * Paddy Finucane (1920–1942), Second World War flying ace with the Royal Air Force
 * Paddy Fisher (born 1998), American football player
 * Paddy George, New Zealand rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s
 * Paddy Glackin (born 1954), Irish fiddler
 * Paddy Golden (born 1972), Northern Irish emergency physician and sports doctor
 * Paddy Gormley (1916–2001), Irish politician
 * Charles Patrick Green (1914–1999), South African-born British Royal Air Force Second World War fighter ace
 * Paddy Greene (1875–1934), American baseball player
 * Paddy Greene (hurler) (1916–1997), Irish hurler
 * Paddy Harrington (1933–2005), Irish Gaelic footballer
 * Paddy Harte (1931–2018), Irish politician
 * Paddy Hayes (born 1965), Irish Gaelic footballer
 * Paddy Henderson (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Paddy Keenan (born 1950), Irish player of the uilleann pipes
 * Paddy Kennedy (disambiguation), various people
 * Paddy Kenny (born 1978), Premier League football goalkeeper
 * Paddy Larkin, Irish hurling player of the 1930s and 1940s
 * Paddy Livingston (1880–1977), American baseball player
 * Paddy Lowe (born 1962), British motor racing engineer
 * Paddy Mayne (1915–55), British Army lieutenant colonel and founder of the elite Special Air Service, solicitor and Irish rugby union international
 * Paddy Mayes (1885–1963), American baseball player
 * Paddy McAloon (born 1957), English singer, songwriter and member of the band Prefab Sprout
 * Paddy McCarthy (born 1983), Irish footballer
 * Paddy McCourt (born 1983), Footballer from Northern Ireland
 * Paddy McGuinness (born 1973), English sit-down comedian, actor, television personality and presenter
 * Paddy McNair (born 1995), Footballer from Northern Ireland
 * Paddy Mendis (1933–2022), 4th Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force
 * Paddy Mitchell (1942–2007), Canadian bank robber
 * Paddy Moloney (1938–2021), founder and leader of the Irish musical group The Chieftains
 * Paddy Moore (1909–51), Irish footballer
 * Paddy Mullins (1919–2010), Irish racehorse trainer
 * Paddy O'Brien (disambiguation), several people
 * Paddy O'Connor (1879–1950), Irish-American baseball player
 * Paddy O'Kane, Irish footballer during the 1920s and 1930s
 * Paddy O'Keeffe (1864–?), Irish hurler
 * Paddy O'Reilly (born 1959), Australian writer
 * Paddy Quinn (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Paddy Reilly (disambiguation), various people
 * Paddy Ryan (1851–1900), Irish American boxer and world heavyweight champion (1880–1882)
 * J.P. "Paddy" Saul (1895–1968), Irish aviator and seaman
 * Paddy Siglin (1891–1956), American baseball player
 * Paddy Smith (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Paddy Tuimavave, former professional rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand and Western Samoa
 * Paddy Wallace (born 1979), Irish rugby union footballer