Fitzpatrick (surname)

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Fitzpatrick ( ) is an Irish surname that most commonly arose as an anglicised version of the Irish patronymic surname Mac Giolla Phádraig (Irish: [mˠək ˈɟɪl̪ˠə ˈfˠaːd̪ˠɾˠəɟ]) "Son of the servant of (St.) Patrick". In some cases, it may also have independently arisen by a similar anglicisation of a likely-distinct Irish patronymic, Ó Maol Phádraig, "Descendent of the Follower of (St.) Patrick", or in other cases as a genuine Anglo-Irish patronymic incorporating the Norman French fitz ('son of') and the male name Patrick. Giolla Phádraig (meaning "the servant of [Saint] Patrick", also one of origins of the surname Gilpatrick) was the personal name of Gilla Patráic mac Donnchada, a tenth-century king of Ossory. His sons were subsequently styled Mac Giolla Phádraig (meaning, son of Giolla Phádraig), In the 16th century, as part of the process of King Henry VIII's surrender and regrant scheme to colonise the Irish nobility, Brian Og Mac Giolla Phadraig / Brian McGilpatrick had to take the...

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