Parisa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- pa-REE-sa
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,690 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,757 for girls
Parisa is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “like a fairy”. In 2025 it ranked 1,690th for girls in the UK (18 babies) and 4,757th for girls in the US (28 babies).
What does Parisa mean?
Persian
“like a fairy”
Formed from Persian pari, fairy or angelic being, and the suffix -sa, meaning like.
Is Parisa a girl's or a boy's name?
Parisa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the UK and 28 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Parisa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,690th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were named Parisa, making it the 1,690th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 22 girls.
Half of all the girls named Parisa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Parisa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,690 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,881 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 20 | #1,591 |
| 2021 | 22 | #1,491 |
| 2020 | 14 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 14 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 15 | #2,015 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,813 |
| 2014 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2013 | 22 | #1,505 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,615 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 16 | #1,829 |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,745 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Parisa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,757th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28 about 1 in 57,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the US were named Parisa, making it the 4,757th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 1991, with 40 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Parisa in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Parisa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,757 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 28 | #4,790 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,161 |
| 2018 | 30 | #4,560 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,918 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 31 | #4,487 |
| 2014 | 24 | #5,454 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,705 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,061 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,760 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 27 | #4,824 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 24 | #4,489 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,516 |
| 1993 | 33 | #3,346 |
| 1992 | 26 | #3,962 |
| 1991 | 40 | #2,880 |
| 1990 | 25 | #3,998 |
| 1989 | 31 | #3,324 |
| 1988 | 28 | #3,388 |
| 1987 | 21 | #3,980 |
| 1986 | 32 | #2,902 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,280 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 19 | #3,948 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 20 | #3,858 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
Names like Parisa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aria, Ariana, Amara, Alora, Lucia, Sophia, Sienna, Syeda, Esme, Eliana, Pippa, Paloma
Names related to Parisa
Paris, Prisha, Parishay, Pariza, Parris, Parrish, Parys, Pariss
More Persian names
Jasper, Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Parisa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/parisa, updated 20 October 2026.