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Paris
Pronounced /ˈpæɹɪs/
Rank in 2024
#2,551
Born in 2024
52
Peak year
1991 · #590
Origin
Ancient Greek
Also recorded for girls:633 in 2024 (#484)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 52 boys were named Paris, about 1 in every 32,987.
- It peaked in 1991 with 297 babies, ranked #590.
- It first shows up in the records in 1881.
- 9,200 boys 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
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 648 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Silent: 484 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 844 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,280 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,022 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,859 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 906 babies, 0.04 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.