PARRY

(origin: Welsh.) Probably a contraction of Ap Harry, the son of Harry. In the Welsh it also signifies ready, prepared, equal, like; Para, endurance, one capable of enduring. The name may be local, from Parys, a mountain in Wales, so called from parhous, inexhaustible (mines); or Pres, brass, copper, ore.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

PARRY. Welsh, Ap-Harry, the son of Henry. The surname was not fixed before the XVI. century. The Parrys of Rliydolion, CO. Carnarvon, are of very ancient descent from Moreiddig o'r dyffryn aur;

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.