Parish

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Parish by the numbers

Parish was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 43 babies in 1991, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Parish

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 Parish. 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)
  • Parrishdweller by the parish25 in the US (2017)
  • Parissvariant of Paris; son of Priam in Greek mythology5 in the US (2017)
  • Parys8 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Parish

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