Given name & surname
Parys
“woman of the city in France”
Parys is a variant of Paris. One English interpretation is “woman of the city in France.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Parys is a variant of Paris. One English interpretation is “woman of the city in France.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Parys is a variant of Paris. An origin associated with Paris is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Parys is a variant of Paris. The history of Paris gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Paris is associated with the prince of Troy. Paris’s historical associations include a Greek-born bishop of Teano, near Naples during the 4th century.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Parys through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 329
- 5 boys · 324 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #9,317 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +52%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,317 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 23 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 255 as a first name in 2020; 306 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.
Parys’s family of names
Parys has a related form in Paris. In English usage, Parys as a surname has a related form in PARRIS.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Parys
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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