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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German (of Slavic origin) : from the personal name Part(h)en, ultimately derived from Greek Parthenios, from parthenos ‘virginal’, ‘pure’, ‘undefiled’. This was a name borne by two martyrs of the early Christian Church.
  • Variant of English Parton.

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