paris Family History Facts 1920

paris Name Meaning and History

French, English, and German: from the medieval personal name Paris, which is actually an Old French variant of Patrice (see Patrick), but which became associated with the name of the Trojan prince Paris in Homer’s Iliad.
French, English, and German: habitational name from the French city of Paris or a nickname denoting someone who had Parisian connections, for example through trade.
Catalan (París): from a reduced form of the personal name Aparici, which was given to children born on the Feast of the Epiphany, 6th January (see Aparicio).
Hungarian (Páris): from the personal name Páris or Párizs.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

Learn the meaning and history of your first name

Share this page with friends and family

Anonymously contact one of the Ancestry members researching the paris last name.
Search for Ancestry members researching one of your specific ancestors.
Create or update your own Ancestry member profile so that other members can anonymously contact you.

Thread	Author	Replies
Paris, Sussex, UK	red_eris	2
Paris in Greenville, SC	youngseeker	4
Paris from Celano	CASSGB	1
George Stevenson Paris	jayneparis123	0
Charles Antoine Paris born 1670	leight115	0
A reminder for both PARIS -&- PARRIS surname researchers.	dereddi	3
Taken from paris family 1973-1975 Thomas Paris Ohio	sktrmg	2
david paris, elvira paris,eugene paris,clara paris,walter paris,bryan paris etc...	christineperry76	0
Cynthia Jane Paris	dimart7963	1
Peter Paris m. Keziah Bugg Richmond, GA	Bushy Hartman	7