"Variant of Paris"
The name Parris is commonly a unisex name from the "English" origin.
Parris is a variant spelling of Paris, an English surname and given name taken from the name of the French city. The Parris spelling is recorded as an English family name, and as a given name it appears in United States birth records from 1917. The two spellings carry no difference in meaning.
Paris means "Downfall".
The pronunciation of Parris is PAIR-is.
