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Paris Name Meaning
French and English (via Norman French): from the Old French personal name Paris, a variant of Patrice, Patris (from Latin Patricius, from patricius ‘patrician, nobleman’; see Patrick ), which became associated with the name of the Trojan prince Paris in Homer's Iliad (see Parise 1). Compare Parris .
English: habitational name from the city of Paris in France. The placename is taken from the name of a Celtic people, the Parisii, who settled on the banks of the River Seine in pre-Roman times.
Catalan (París): from a shortened form of the personal name Aparici (see Aparicio ).
Hungarian (Páris): from the personal name Páris or Párizs (see Parise 1).
German: nickname for someone who had been in Paris or had trade relations with the city.
Italian: variant of Parise .
History: François Paris from Cherbourg in Manche, France, married Marie Rabouin in Quebec City, QC, in 1681.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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