Fun Facts About the Name Fitzpatrick
- 164 babies named Fitzpatrick: U.S. records list 164 babies given the name Fitzpatrick from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Fitzpatrick Mean?
Fitzpatrick is a patronymic name meaning "son of Patrick." Its first element is the Old French fitz (from Latin filius), meaning "son," a prefix the Normans brought to England and Ireland. The second element is the personal name Patrick, which comes from Latin Patricius, meaning "patrician" or "nobleman" and related to Latin pater, "father." Taken element by element, the name says "son of Patrick"; the "nobleman" sense belongs to the personal name Patrick, not to fitz itself. The name is a surname built from a father's given name, not a description of the bearer's own character.
Fitzpatrick Name History & Origins
The Fitz- prefix entered England and Ireland with the Norman-French, and it produced many patronymic surnames such as Fitzwilliam and FitzGerald. In England, Fitzpatrick could arise simply as a byname for the son of a man named Patrick. In Ireland, however, the surname has a distinct and better-documented history tied to one family.
The ruling dynasty of the kingdom of Ossory - roughly the area of modern County Kilkenny and part of County Laois - bore the Gaelic name Mac Giolla Phádraig, meaning "son of the servant (or devotee) of Patrick." Under the Tudor policy of surrender and regrant, the head of this family, Barnaby Fitzpatrick, was created Baron Upper Ossory in 1541. The family came to use the English-style form Fitzpatrick, which was accepted as an anglicized rendering of Mac Giolla Phádraig. The substitution is worth noting: the Gaelic name means "son of the servant of Patrick," while the adopted English form means simply "son of Patrick."
The personal name Patrick itself spread widely in Ireland through devotion to St. Patrick, the fifth-century missionary who became the country's patron saint. That popularity fed both the Gaelic Mac Giolla Phádraig and the English-style Fitzpatrick, so the surname is found well beyond the original Ossory family.
How Popular is the Name Fitzpatrick?
Fitzpatrick has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2021. Its best rank was #4,961 in 1970.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,842 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2024 | #7,379 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #11,270 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #7,943 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2021 | #5,192 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2020 | #7,169 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #6,910 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2018 | #5,612 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2017 | #8,373 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #7,775 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2015 | #8,259 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2014 | #7,202 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2012 | #12,872 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #12,964 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 2006 | #11,083 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #10,451 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1988 | #7,657 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1970 | #4,961 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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