Paris

French place-name

Paris Origin and Meaning

The name Paris is a boy's name of French origin.

The first famous Paris was a mythological prince of incredible beauty. The most recent was media darling Paris Hilton, inspirer of a generation of baby-girl namesakes. But since Pierce Brosnan and other celebs have continued to use it for their sons, the name retains some masculine identity. For girls, it jumped from #464 to #412 in the past year alone.

Paris Rank in US Top 1000

# 817 in the US

Paris Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1113 on Nameberry

Paris Popularity

• 1113 Nameberry 2025
• 976 Unique 2019

20 Names Similar to Paris

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Paris.

• Paris
• Mercutio
• Judas
• Kay
• Parish
• Shayne
• Vicente
• Felipe
• Pietro
• Janus
• Zeus
• Wilhelm
• Jericho
• Hansel
• Milan
• Perseus
• Cadmus
• Winsome
• Sunny
• Prosper

Famous People Named Paris

• Saint Paris Bishop of Teano
• Paris Themmen American actor
• Paris Michael Lenon American football player
• Paris K.C. Barclay American film director
• Paris Elia Cypriot footballer
• Paris Jackson Canadian rugby player
• Paris Kasidokostas Latsis Greek shipping heir and one,time fiance of Paris Hilton
• Paris Beckett Brosnan (b. 2001) son of actor Pierce Brosnan and Keely Shaye Smith

Paris in Pop Culture

• Paris Greek mythological prince whose judgement of the three goddesses and kidnapping of Helen sparked the Trojan War
• Paris character in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"
• Paris Minton from TV series "Fallen Angels"
• Paris Bennett aka Exodus character in Marvel's X,Factor comics
• Paris aka Nathan Taylor character in Marvel Comics' Pantheon
• "Paris" song by The Chainsmokers
• Paris Texas, USA