Paris

Where Paris comes from

From Middle English Parys, Paris, from Old French Paris, from the Late Latin name of an earlier settlement, Lutetia Parisiorum (“Lutetia of the Parisii”), from Latin Parīsiī, a Gaulish tribe, from Transalpine Gaulish *parios (“cauldron”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷaryos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-. Doublet of Parizh.
— Wiktionary's entry for Paris
  • place
  • Ancient Greek
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1917
    First appearance
    #3,344 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1981
    Paris Hilton born
    American media personality
  3. 1983
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 1998
    Paris Jackson born
    American model, actress, singer and musician
  5. 2004
    Peak, #157
    2,150 babies named Paris — more than any year before or since.
  6. 2007
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #380.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from place name.
  • A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage, usually from the French city.
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek, from the Trojan hero.
Namesakes
  • Paris Hilton · American media personality, born 1981
  • Paris Jackson · American model, actress, singer and musician, born 1998
  • Paris Berelc · American actress and model, born 1998
  • Paris Bordone · Italian artist, 1500–1570
  • Paris Pişmiş · Turkish-Mexican astronomer, 1911–1999

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.