Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Finnish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1902. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Para through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 353
- 0 boys · 353 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1963. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 1925. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 216 as a first name in 2020; 1,274 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Para’s family of names
Para shares a linguistic root with Pádraig. In Greek usage, Para as a surname is a transliteration of Πάρα. In Greek usage, Para as a surname is a transliteration of Παρά.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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