Parente Family Crest and Last Name Background

Clerks wrote Parent in many ways, and Parente is one that stuck. The name is usually explained as “Kinsman”.

Parente and Parent

Parente adds “e” to Parent, a small change that crept in as the name was written down.

Between 1891 and 2000, 615 babies born in France were registered as Parente, with the most births in 1971–1980. There were 8 such births in the 1890s and 97 in the 1990s. 3,170 Americans were listed as Parente in the 2010 census.

Arms associated with the name

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Parent surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

Research your Parente family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.