Save Type Settlement Usage Italian, English, Ancient Roman, Catalan, German, Maltese, Spanish, Russian Scripts Парма(Russian) Pronounced Pron. PAR-ma(Italian, Latin, German, Spanish) PAH-mə(English) PAHR-mə(English) [key·IPA] Meaning & History From Latin Parma, itself from Etruscan parme, of uncertain meaning. This is the name of a city in northern Italy.