Paras
A boys’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning touchstone or philosopher's stone.
Babies a year
4
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4275
4 babies
Paras by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Paras.
Its American peak was 15 babies in 1990, making it a 1990s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Paras. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Parisson of priam; the trojan prince1,149 in the US (2017)
- Parksenclosed field or woodland enclosure; a surname used as a given name48 in the US (2017)
- Paramsupreme, ultimate, highest11 in England and Wales (2025)
- Parspersia; a historical region6 in the US (2017)
- Parys8 in the US (2017)
- Palashflame of the forest tree5 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Paras
Names that are said the same way as Paras, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Parissvariant of Paris; son of Priam in Greek mythology5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a stone or rock
Like Paras, each of these has a stone or rock in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Harleyhare meadow or rocky meadow366 in England and Wales (2025)
- Peterrock, stone1,777 in the US (2017)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
- Pedrostone or rock; Spanish form of Peter809 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Paras
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