Origin and popularity of the name PAR

Origin

Par : 1: Burmese (Chin): from a female personal name usually forming part of a compound name from par ‘to blossom’. Compare Pa. — Note: Since Burmese do not have hereditary surnames this name was registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US.2: Amerindian (Guatemala): Mayan name from par ‘skunk’.3: English: variant of Parr.4: Slovenian and Croatian: nickname from par ‘pair (married) couple’ or a Slavicized form of the German cognate name Paar.5: Hungarian (Pár): of German origin (see 4 above) or perhaps from a short form of the personal name Páris or Párizs (see Paris).6: Possibly also an altered form of German Parr.

Paar : 1: German: topographic name from Middle Low German pār ‘house of a priest’.2: German: nickname from Middle High German Middle Low German pār ‘pair (married) couple’. This surname is also found in Czechia (Moravia) Slovenia and Croatia (see Par 4).3: Hungarian (Paár): variant of Pár (see Par 5).

Paramore : English (Yorkshire): nickname from Middle English paramour ‘lover sweetheart’ (Old French par amour ‘with love’).

Parde : 1: North German: unexplained. This surname is not found in Germany; in the US it may actually be an altered form of some other similar (like-sounding) German surname.2: In some cases possibly also French (Pardé): from the oath par Dieu ‘by God’ hence a nickname for someone who used the expression to excess.

Perdue : English and Irish (of Norman and French origin): nickname from Old French par Dieu ‘by God’ which was adopted in Middle English in a variety of more or less heavily altered forms (compare e.g. Pardoe and Purdy). The surname represents a nickname from a favorite oath. The surname in Ireland belonged to a French Protestant family who settled in County Cork.

Petre : 1: English: variant of Peter.2: Americanized form of German Petri.3: Swedish (mainly Petré): shortened form of Petraeus a Latinized patronymic from the personal name Per Pär (see Peter).4: Slovenian: from an old pet form of the personal name Peter.5: Romanian: from the personal name Petre a variant of Petru ‘Peter’.6: French (also Pêtre): variant of Pestre an occupational name for a baker or pastry cook from an agent derivative of Old French pester ‘to knead’. Compare 8 below.7: French: from Petre a regional variant of the personal name Pierre ‘Peter’.8: Altered form of French Pitre a cognate of 6 above.

Purefoy : English: from Anglo-Norman French par fei ‘by (my) faith’ a nickname for someone who habitually used this expression. Compare Purifoy. This surname is very rare in Britain.

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Surname frequency

Geographic distribution of the 16,830 individuals with the name PAR on Geneanet.

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