English: habitational name from Parr in Lancashire, which was
named in Old English with pearr ‘enclosure’.German: from
Middle Low German parre ‘parish’, ‘district’, ‘minister’s
house’; a metonymic occupational name for a parson or for someone who
worked in a parsonage or manse. Compare Pfarr.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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