Par - Meaning of Par

What does Par mean?

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Par

[ 1 syll. par, pa-r ] The baby boy name Par is pronounced as PAAR †. Par is primarily used in the Scandinavian language, and its language of origin is English and Old Greek.

Par is a short form of the English name Parley.

Par is also a Scandinavian form of the Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, and Scandinavian name Peter.

See also the related categories, greek and scandinavian.

Par is infrequently used as a baby name for boys. It is not ranked within the top 1000 names. Out of the group of boy names directly linked to Par, Peter was the most widely used in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Par include Parr, Parie, Peer, Per, Pere, Peree, Perree, Perrie, Pier, Piere, Prair, Praire, Pry, Pyere, Pypere, Paree, Pari, Paro, Parri, and Parris.

† English pronunciation for Par: P as in "pea (P.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)"