Given name & surname · also Indian
Paras
“a woman against whom others are measured”·“a touchstone”
Paras is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “a woman against whom others are measured” (Indian) and “a touchstone” (Hindi). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “a woman against whom others are measured” (Indian) and “a touchstone” (Hindi). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Indian and Hindi naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Paras through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 284
- 284 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 15 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 boys is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 780 as a first name in 2020; 2,253 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.
Paras’s family of names
Paras has a related form in Parasmanee. Paras has a related form in Parasmaney. Paras has a related form in Parasmani.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
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.
People named Paras
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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