A paren is a parenthesis.

Paren, Paren' or PAREN may also refer to: Paren (village), a village in Kamchatka Krai, Russia Paren knife, a knife produced in Paren' Paren (river), a river in northeastern Russia Paren space, a blank typographic unit equal to the size of a parenthesis PAREN, a political party in Burkina Faso

See also Parens (disambiguation) Peren (disambiguation)