Parlor Family History

Altered form of English Parlour:: of Norman origin from Anglo-Norman French parler(e) ‘speaker talker’ either an occupational name in the sense ‘advocate lawyer’ (i.e. ‘one who speaks on behalf of another’) or a nickname in the colloquial sense ‘chatterbox’.

Occupational name from Middle English parlour ‘parlour separate chamber’ (Anglo-Norman French parl(o)ur) probably denoting a servant who attended the parlour, this being originally a room in a monastery set aside for conversation and interviews.