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Surname Etymology and Meaning of PARRY

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Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

(origin: Welsh.) Probably a contraction of Ap Harry, the son of Harry. In the Welsh it also signifies ready, prepared, equal, like; Para, endurance, one capable of enduring. The name may be local, from Parys, a mountain in Wales, so called from parhous, inexhaustible (mines); or Pres, brass, copper, ore.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).

Welsh: Anglicized form of the patronymic ap Harry ‘son of Harry’ (see Harris).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)