Parrish: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

In old registers, Parrish often stands in for Parish. The name is generally explained as “Of the parish”.

Heraldry and the Parrish name

Arms linked to Parish and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

How the spelling arose

The extra “r” in Parrish is a spelling habit rather than a different name. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

According to the 2010 US Census, the Parrish surname had 49,733 bearers. Research your Parrish family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.