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Parris.

An English surname from the Celtic Parisi tribe of Yorkshire, the name of uncertain origin. Koch proposes derivation from Proto-Celtic *kʷert (“make, cause”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (compare Welsh peri).

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  1. An English surname from the Celtic Parisi tribe of Yorkshire, the name of uncertain origin. Koch proposes derivation from Proto-Celtic *kʷert (“make, cause”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (compare Welsh peri).

  2. An English habitational surname, a variant of Paris.

  3. A French habitational surname, a variant of Paris.

  4. A Belgian surname, a variant of Parys.

  5. A male given name transferred from the surname.

  6. Misspelling of Paris.

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