Given name & surname
Parry
“daughter of Harry”·“the son of Harry”
Parry is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “daughter of Harry” (Welsh) and “the son of Harry” (Welsh). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “daughter of Harry” (Welsh) and “the son of Harry” (Welsh). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Welsh.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Parry through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 508
- 508 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1965
- 19 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 1999. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19 in 1965. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 597 as a first name in 2020; 10,373 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.
Parry’s family of names
Parry has a related form in Parrea. Parry has a related form in Parree. Parry has a related form in Parrey.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Parry
- Parry O'BrienAthletics competitor, shot putter (1932-2007)
- Parry GrippAmerican singer-songwriterborn 1967
- Parry ShenAmerican actorborn 1973
- Parry AftabAmerican lawyerborn 1961
- Parry Mitchell, Baron MitchellBritish peer (born 1943)
- Parry Wayne HumphreysAmerican politician (1778-1839)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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