name: A surname (common: 1 in 20000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #2331)
noun: An English surname from the Celtic Parisi tribe of Yorkshire, the name of uncertain origin. Koch proposes derivation from Proto-Celtic *kʷert (“make, cause”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (compare Welsh peri).
noun: An English habitational surname, a variant of Paris.
noun: A French habitational surname, a variant of Paris.
noun: A Belgian surname, a variant of Parys.
noun: A male given name transferred from the surname.
noun: Misspelling of Paris. [The capital and largest city of France.]
