The paradis Surname
paradis Name Meaning and History
- from a learned variant of Old French pareis ‘Paradise’, Greek paradeisos (see Paradise). As a toponym this was applied to verdant places, and it is quite common as a place name in Nord and Normandy; the surname, therefore, can be a topographic or habitational name.
- topographic name from Old French parvis ‘square in front of a church’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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