Names

Means “keeper of the park” in Middle English. It is an occupational name for a person who was a gamekeeper at a medieval park.

From the medieval name Perkin, a diminutive of Peter.

From Middle English park, from Latin parricus, of Germanic origin. This was a name for someone who worked in or lived in a park.

From Sino-Korean 樸, 朴 (bak) meaning “plain, unadorned, simple”.

Italian form of Parish 1.

Derived from the medieval given name Paris, an Old French diminutive form of Patrick.

Originally denoted a person who came from the French city of Paris, which got its name from the ancient Celtic tribe known as the Parisii.

Variant of Parish 1.

Derived from Old French parent meaning either “notable” (from Latin pārēre meaning “to be apparent”) or “parent” (from Latin parere meaning “to produce, to give birth”).

Denoted a person who lived near a wall, from Portuguese parede and Spanish pared meaning “wall”, both derived from Latin paries.