Parris — English Dictionary

Proper noun

1. 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).

2. An English habitational surname, a variant of Paris.

3. A French habitational surname, a variant of Paris.

4. A Belgian surname, a variant of Parys.

5. A male given name transferred from the surname.