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Fitzpatrick

//fɪtsˈpætɹɪk// name

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  1. 1
    A patrilineal surname transferred from the given name.

    "Jones began to be very importunate with the lady to unmask; and at length having prevailed, there appeared not Mrs Fitzpatrick, but the Lady Bellaston herself."

Etymology

Calque of the Irish surname Mac Giolla Phádraig (“son of the devotee of Saint Patrick”). By surface analysis, Fitz- + Patrick.

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