The
surname Fitzpatrick is the known translation of at least two different surnames:
Mac Giolla Phádraig and
Ó Maol Phádraig from the original
Irish to
English. Currently, it is ranked as the 60th most common surname in Ireland with an estimated 12,700 individuals bearing the name. While both
Mac Giolla Phádraig and
Ó Maol Phádraig have similar meanings, they are likely unrelated; yet both have arrived in the modern era as
Fitzpatrick. Despite the prefix
"Fitz-", Fitzpatrick is not a name of Hiberno-Norman descent.