Given name & surname · also English
Paris
“woman of the city in France”
Paris is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “woman of the city in France.”
Original GreekΠαρίς
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “woman of the city in France.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
From Old French Paris, from Latin Parīsiī, from Transalpine Gaulish *parios (“cauldron”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷaryos.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
In mythological stories, Paris is associated with the prince of Troy. The name’s historical associations include a Greek-born bishop of Teano, near Naples during the 4th century.
Paris through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 42,923
- 9,260 boys · 33,663 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 2,246 babies
- 2025
- 557
- #592 for girls · #2,326 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −36%
- Cooling
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 8% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 497 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 592 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 36.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 2,150 in 2004. It also appeared in 60 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (55). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 30,275 as a first name in 2020; 16,831 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Paris’s family of names
Paris has a related form in Perris. Paris has a related form in Peris. Paris has a related form in Pariss.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Paris has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
19 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 23
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Parrisvariant · English
- Parysvariant · English
- Patricevariant · French
- Perrisvariant
- Perisvariant
- Paryssvariant
- Parissvariant
- Parisevariant · English
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- Perrysvariant
- Perysvariant
- Paryssevariant
- Parissevariant
- Apariciovariant · English
- Parigivariant · English
- Parizetvariant · English
- Parizotvariant · English
- de Parisvariant · English
- Parizeauvariant · English
- Pariseauvariant · English
- Parisotvariant · English
- Paressevariant · English
- Parezvariant · English
- Parisetvariant · English
Spellings & scripts 7
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 14
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Paris
- Paris HiltonAmerican media personality (born 1981)
- Paris JacksonAmerican model, actress, singer and musicianborn 1998
- Paris BerelcAmerican actress and model (born 1998)
- Paris BordoneItalian artist (1500–1570)
- Paris PişmişTurkish-Mexican astronomer (1911–1999)
- Paris BrunnerGerman footballerborn 2006
- Paris LeesBritish journalist and activist for transgender rightsborn 1986
- Paris BarclayAmerican television director and producerborn 1956
- Paris PalomaBritish singer-songwriterborn 1999
Characters named Paris: Count Paris (Shakespeare character).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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