Paradise Family History
Paradise Name Meaning
English and Scottish: topographic name from Middle English paradis(e) ‘garden park’ (Old French paradis) signifying someone who lived at or near a park or pleasure garden. Americanized form of a Greek surname such as Paradisis or Paradissis and Paradisopoulos or Paradissopoulos from a personal name based on classical Greek paradeisos ‘paradise pleasure garden’ from Persian pairidaesa ‘royal park’. Compare Paradis . Americanized form of French Paradis German and Jewish Paradies .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022