Parys
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- PARR-is
- Origin
- Celtic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Parys is a girls' name of Celtic origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
Where does Parys come from?
Celtic: respelling of Paris, the city named after the Gaulish Parisii tribe
Is Parys a girl's or a boy's name?
Parys is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Parys in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Parys in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2004. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Parys in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,755 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,689 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Parys in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Parys, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Parys in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Parys in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
Names like Parys
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zoe, Ellie, Chloe, Sophie, Emma, Hannah, Phoebe, Jasmine, Lily, Harper, Mia, Piper
Names related to Parys
More Celtic names
Arthur, Imogen, Gael, Harvey, Alana, Alan, Tristan, Vienna, Lana, Alaina, Sabrina, Alanna, Bryce, Devon, Arturo, Alannah
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, “Parys: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/parys, updated 20 October 2026.