Parys
Most Poles have never met one: just 76 people carry it, every one of them male. The root is Greek, with a meaning that stays unsettled, perhaps pointing to beauty or affection.
Parys Pronunciation
Parys is pronounced PAH-rihs (/ˈparɨs/).
What Parys means
Where Parys comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Parys traces back to Greek, the Polish spelling of Paris. The name belonged to the Trojan prince of Homer's Iliad, the son of Priam who carried off Helen and started a war. Its origin is old enough that scholars still argue over it. The meaning stays uncertain, possibly "beloved, beautiful."
That "beloved, beautiful" reading came later, an attempt to explain a name whose roots reach past Greek itself. Some link it to a Luwian word from Bronze Age Anatolia. The Greeks gave the same prince a second name, Aleksander, and that one they could read plainly.
A boy called Parys today has something rare. On a Polish class register the name stands out at once. It has no common diminutive here, no easy softening, just Parys.
Short and firm. The story it holds is Greek, the meaning possibly "beloved, beautiful."
When Parys celebrates name day
Parys appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 5 August.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Parys
1 in 280871 men in Poland is named Parys. 76 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4103 among male names.
Parys's popularity over time
2 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1781 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2024.
Parys as a middle name
Parys is a first name for 76 men in Poland and a middle name for another 37, a 67/33 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1332nd, between Munashe (37) and Prot (37).
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#1330 Made37
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#1331 Munashe37
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#1332 Parys37
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#1333 Prot37
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#1334 Rami37