Given name & surname
Parson
“a member of the clergy”
Parson is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “a member of the clergy.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a member of the clergy.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2009. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Parson through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 66
- 66 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,395 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,395 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 369 as a first name in 2020; 12,768 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.
Parson’s family of names
Parson has a related form in Parsan. Parson has a related form in Parsin. Parson has a related form in Parsons.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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