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Paris
Pronounced /ˈpæɹɪs/
Rank in 2024
#484
Born in 2024
633
Peak year
2004 · #157
Origin
Ancient Greek
Also recorded for boys:52 in 2024 (#2,551)
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 633 girls were named Paris, about 1 in every 2,548.
- It peaked in 2004 with 2,150 babies, ranked #157.
- It first shows up in the records in 1917.
- 33,157 girls have been named Paris since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Paris per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.2Millennials1981–96
- 0.5Gen Z1997–12
- 0.6Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 52 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 44 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 607 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 823 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 5,353 babies, 0.19 per 1,000. Gen Z: 15,081 babies, 0.52 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 11,197 babies, 0.55 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
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. ==== Proper noun ==== Paris The capital and largest city of France. A department of Île-de-France, France. (metonymic) The government of France. A locale named after the French city. A hamlet in Jutland, Denmark. A hamlet in New Valley, Egypt.
- 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.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /ˈpæɹɪs/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Paris, CC BY-SA 4.0.