56%RatingSave Gender Masculine & Feminine Usage English (Rare) Pronounced Pron. PAR-is, PEHR-is [key·IPA] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links From an English surname that originally denoted a person who came from the French city of Paris (see Paris 2). PopularityDetails Last ranked #721 in 1999 England and Wales People think this name isRate·Details modern youthful urban delicate refined unintellectual Categories choreographers, ends in -is, rare English, Tamora Pierce characters