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Parris

Parris proper noun: an English surname from the Celtic Parisi tribe of Yorkshire, the name of uncertain origin. Koch proposes derivation from Proto-Celtic *kʷert (“make, cause”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (compare Welsh peri). Also the misspelling of Paris.

Proper noun

Parris

  1. An English surname from the Celtic Parisi tribe of Yorkshire, the name of uncertain origin. Koch proposes derivation from Proto-Celtic *kʷert (“make, cause”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (compare Welsh peri).
  2. An English habitational surname, a variant of Paris.
  3. A French habitational surname, a variant of Paris.
  4. A Belgian surname, a variant of Parys.
  5. A male given name transferred from the surname.

Also used as

Parris is also the misspelling of Paris.

Forms of Parris

alternative formParis
alternative formParish
alternative formParrish
alternative formPares

Questions about Parris

What does Parris mean?
Parris means an English surname from the Celtic Parisi tribe of Yorkshire, the name of uncertain origin. Koch proposes derivation from Proto-Celtic *kʷert (“make, cause”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (compare Welsh peri).
What part of speech is Parris?
Parris is a proper noun.

Words near Parris in the dictionary

  1. Parrinellos
  2. parring
  3. parring off
  4. Parrino
  5. Parrinos
  6. Parris
  7. Parrish
  8. parritch
  9. parritches
  10. Parritt
  11. parro

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