Parrie Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Many Parrie families will find their roots under Parry, the form most records use. The name is usually explained as “Son of Harry”. Parrie writes “ie” in place of the “y” found in Parry, a typical scribal difference. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.

The 2010 US Census counted 310 people named Parrie, ranking it number 64,200 among American surnames. It sits among the 100,000 most common last names in the country. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Pirrie and Parr.

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