Parid

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Parid by the numbers

Parid was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Parid

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Parid. 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)
  • Patrikof noble birth; a form of Patrick14 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Patricof noble birth; a form of Patrick4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Parissvariant of Paris; son of Priam in Greek mythology5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Parid

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