The consulted works concur in tracing this surname to a given name popularized by the Arthurian romances, cautioning that it should not be confused with the Greek Paride. The name enjoyed particular popularity in Venice and carries hagiographic associations: Saint Paris, bishop of Benevento in the fourth century, and the Blessed Parisio of Bologna, who died in 1207. From this personal name developed the related surnames Paríse — typical of the Veneto and of southern Italy — as well as Parisi and Parisotti.

A. Bongioanni further proposes that, if one accepts the derivation of Barisone from Paris, the forms Barsotti and Barsottini, characteristic of Tuscany, could also be attributed to the same origin. R. Brondolo agrees on the literary origin and adds a phonetic observation: the name carries oxytone stress — that is, stress on the final syllable — a feature proper to romances composed in the langue d'oïl, a pronunciation that Dante himself preserves for epic and foreign names belonging to that tradition.

A distinct perspective is offered by the source Surnames in Italy, which does not link this surname to the Arthurian given name but instead traces it to the city of Paris, interpreting it as a topographic or origin surname denoting someone from France or from Paris itself, or alternatively someone who traveled there as a merchant.