Paris is a
given name used as a boy and girl name. It is of Greek origin and is common among
Anglophone
Speakers of English are also known as Anglophones, and the countries where English is natively spoken by the majority of the population are termed the '' Anglosphere''. Over two billion people speak English , making English the largest langua ...
countries.
Notable people with the name
Women
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Paris Bennett
Paris Ana'is Bennett (born August 21, 1988) is an American singer who finished in fifth place on the fifth season of the reality television talent show, ''American Idol''.
Biography
Early years
Bennett was born in Rockford, Illinois, to Jame ...
(born 1988), singer on ''American Idol''
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Paris Berelc
Paris Berelc (born December 29, 1998) is an American actress and model. She is known for her roles as Skylar Storm in the Disney XD series ''Mighty Med'' and '' Lab Rats: Elite Force'', and Alexa Mendoza in the Netflix sitcom ''Alexa & Katie.'' ...
(born 1998), American actress and model
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Paris Grey
Inner City is an American electronic music group that formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1987. The group was originally composed of the record producer and composer Kevin Saunderson and the Chicago, Illinois, vocalist Paris Grey. Saunderson is renow ...
(born 1965), American singer
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Paris Hilton
Paris Whitney Hilton (born February 17, 1981) is an American media personality, businesswoman, socialite, model, and entertainer. Born in New York City, and raised there and in Beverly Hills, California, she is a great-granddaughter of Conr ...
(born 1981), socialite and heiress of the
Hilton Worldwide
Hilton Worldwide (legally Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.) is an American multinational hospitality company that manages and franchises a broad portfolio of hotels and resorts. Founded by Conrad Hilton in May 1919, the corporation is now led b ...
multinational hospitality company
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Paris Jackson
Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson (born April 3, 1998) is an American model, actress, and singer. She is the second child and only daughter of Michael Jackson and Debbie Rowe.
In 2020, Jackson signed a deal with Republic Records. Her first sin ...
(born 1998), American actress, activist, and model
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Paris Jones (female singer) (born 1990), American singer and musician known as "PJ"
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Paris Lees
Paris Lees (born 1986) is an English journalist, presenter, campaigner and author. She topped ''The Independent on Sunday''s 2013 Pink List, came second in the 2014 Rainbow List, and was awarded the Positive Role Model Award for LGBT in the 2 ...
(born 1987/1988), British journalist and activist
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Paris Smith (born 2000), American actress and singer
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Paris Stephens
Paris Stephens (born 22 October 1998) is an Australian pair skater. With partner Matthew Dodds
Matthew Dodds (born 29 August 1989) is an Australian figure skater who completes in pair skating and men's singles. As a pair skater with partne ...
(born 1998), Australian pair skater
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Paris Wells
Paris Wells is an Australian singer-songwriter based in Melbourne. She has released two albums and one EP. Wells has played at festivals such as Falls Festival, Big Day Out, Meredith and Sydney Music Festival. She has supported Justin Timberlak ...
, Australian singer-songwriter
Men
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Hotman Paris Hutapea
Hotman Paris Hutapea (born October 20, 1959) is an Indonesian lawyer and presenter. He is known for his flamboyant style, high-profile clients, luxurious lifestyle, and mistresses.
Early life
Hotman was born on 20 October 1959 in Laguboti villa ...
(born 1959), Indonesian lawyer
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Jacques Pâris de Bollardière
Jacques Pâris de Bollardière (16 December 190722 February 1986) was a French Army general, famous for his advocacy of non-violence during the 1960s.
Biography Early life
Bollardière was born in 1907 in Brittany, into a family with a tradition ...
(1907-1986), French Army general and activist
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Paris (actor under Domitian)
Paris was an actor in Rome in the 1st century AD.
Born in Egypt, he came to Rome in the reign of Domitian, where his skills as a pantomimus won him popular favour, noblewomen as lovers, influence within the imperial court and the power to promot ...
, 1st century actor in Rome
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Paris Barclay
Paris K. C. Barclay (born June 30, 1956) is an American television director, producer, and writer. He is a two-time Emmy Award winner and is among the busiest single-camera television directors, having directed nearly 200 episodes of television ...
(born 1956), American television director
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Paris Bordone
Paris Bordone (Paris Paschalinus Bordone; 5 July 1500 – 19 January 1571) was an Italian painter of the Venetian Renaissance who, despite training with Titian, maintained a strand of Mannerist complexity and provincial vigor.
Biography
Bord ...
(1500–1571), Italian painter
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Paris Cotton (born 1989), American football player
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Paris Davis
Paris D. Davis (born 13 May 1939) is a retired United States Army officer who received the Medal of Honor on 3 March 2023 for his actions on 18 June 1965 during the Vietnam War. He was twice previously nominated for the Medal of Honor, but both ...
(born 1939), United States Army officer
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Paris C. Dunning
Paris Chipman Dunning (March 15, 1806 – May 9, 1884) was a Democratic state representative, state senator, senate president pro tempore, the tenth lieutenant governor, and the ninth governor of the U.S. state of Indiana from December 26, 184 ...
(1806–1884), American politician
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Paris Elia
Paris Elia ( el, Πάρης Ηλία; born January 6, 1972) is a former international Cypriot football defender.
He started his career from Alki Larnaca but he played for many teams such as Anorthosis Famagusta, Nea Salamina, AC Omonia, AEK Lar ...
(born 1972), Cypriot footballer
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Paris Ford (born 1998), American football player
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Paris Gee (born 1994), Canadian soccer player
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Paris Gibson
Paris Gibson (July 1, 1830December 16, 1920) was an American entrepreneur and politician.
Gibson was born in Brownfield, Maine. An 1851 graduate of Bowdoin College, he served as a member of the Montana State Senate and as a Democratic member of ...
(1830–1920), American entrepreneur and politician
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Paris Intarakomalyasut
Paris Intarakomalyasut ( th, พาริส อินทรโกมาลย์สุต; ; also known as Ice ( th, ไอซ์); born 22 October 1998) is a Thai actor and singer. He is known for his main roles as Chi in ''In Family We Trust ...
(born 1998), Thai actor and singer
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Paris Jackson (Canadian football) (born 1980), Canadian football player
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Paris Johnson Jr.
Paris Johnson Jr. (born July 3, 2001) is an American professional American football, football offensive tackle for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Ohio State Buckeyes football, Ohio Sta ...
(born 2001), American football player
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Paris Jones (male singer)
Paris Jones (born Patrick Campbell, July 12, 1990) is an American singer, musician and producer from California and Virginia. His style has been described as experimental, eclectic and new age.
Background
Campbell was born in Inglewood, Californi ...
(born 1990), American singer
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Paris Kanellakis
Paris Christos Kanellakis ( el, Πάρις Χρήστος Κανελλάκης; December 3, 1953 – December 20, 1995) was a Greek American computer scientist.
Life and academic path
Kanellakis was born on December 3, 1953, in Athens as the ...
(1953–1995), Greek computer scientist
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Paris Latsis
Paris Kassidokostas-Latsis (born 1982) is a Greek shipping heir, socialite, film producer, and ship owner. He is the grandson of the shipping multi-billionaire tycoon Yiannis "John S." Latsis.
Family
Latsis is the son of Marianna Latsis and Gr ...
(born 1979), Greek shipping heir
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Paris Lenon
Paris Michael Lenon (born November 26, 1977) is a former American football linebacker. He was signed by the Carolina Panthers of the NFL as an undrafted free agent in the spring of 2000, then chosen by the Memphis Maniax in the XFL Draft in the ...
(born 1977), American football player
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Paris Nakajima-Farran
is a Canadian former professional soccer player.
Personal
Paris was born in Tokyo to an English–Zimbabwean father and Japanese mother. At the age of four, he moved to England with his family, and returned to Japan ten years later to play ...
(born 1989), Canadian soccer player
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Paris Sadonis (born 1972), American musician
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Paris Simmons
Paris Simmons (born 2 January 1990) is an English former footballer.
Sporting career
Simmons made his club debut on 11 May 2008, the final day of the season, in a Premier League game, for Derby County against Reading as a substitute. He had t ...
(born 1990), English football player
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Paris Singer
Paris Eugene Singer (20 February 1867 – 24 June 1932) was an early resident of Palm Beach, Florida. He was 22nd of the 24 children of inventor and industrialist Isaac Singer of Singer Sewing Machine Company fame, from whom he inherited money; ...
(1867–1932), French-born American businessman
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Paris Themmen
Paris Themmen (born June 25, 1959) is an American former actor who started his career as a child actor. He is best known for his role as Mike Teavee in ''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory''. After leaving acting, he worked in business as a real ...
(born 1959), American actor
Other
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Saint Paris
Saint Paris or Paris of Teano ( it, San Paride di Teano) (d. 346) was ordained Bishop of Teano by Pope Sylvester I. His feast day is August 5.
Many legends exist about him, but the only definite fact seems to be that he was a bishop of Teano. He w ...
(died 346), Bishop of Teano
* Peiras "Paris" Fotis-Zoubris, of
Paris & Simo
Paris & Simo, previously known as Paris FZ and Simo T, was a Canadian electronic dance music duo from Montreal, consisting of Peiras "Paris" Fotis-Zoubris (born 1989) and Simone "Simo" Teti (born 1988). Formed in 2010, they performed at Las Vegas' ...
Fictional characters
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Paris (mythology)
Paris ( grc, Πάρις), also known as Alexander (, ''Aléxandros''), the son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy, is a mythological nobleman that appears in a number of Greek legends.
Of these appearances, probably the best known was th ...
, a Trojan character in ''The Iliad'' and other Greek legends
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Count Paris
Count Paris () or County Paris is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet''. He is a suitor of Juliet. He is handsome, wealthy, and a kinsman to Prince Escalus.
His name comes from the Prince of Troy, Paris, in Home ...
, in William Shakespeare's play ''Romeo and Juliet''
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Paris (Marvel Comics)
Pantheon is a fictional organization appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Peter David, the Pantheon first appeared in '' The Incredible Hulk'' vol. 2 #368 (April 1990), and was a large part of that boo ...
, a member of the Pantheon in Marvel Comics
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Paris Carver
''Tomorrow Never Dies'' is a 1997 spy film, the eighteenth in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions and the second to star Pierce Brosnan as fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Directed by Roger Spottiswoode from a screenplay by ...
, a James Bond character
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Paris Geller
Paris Eustace Geller is a fictional character on the television series ''Gilmore Girls'' and its spin-off ''A Year in the Life'', played by Liza Weil.
Paris is introduced as an ambitious high-school student from a wealthy family, who was raised ...
, a character played by Liza Weil on the American television series ''Gilmore Girls''
* Paris Bennett, original real name of the Marvel Comics character
Exodus
Exodus or the Exodus may refer to:
Religion
* Book of Exodus, second book of the Hebrew Torah and the Christian Bible
* The Exodus, the biblical story of the migration of the ancient Israelites from Egypt into Canaan
Historical events
* Exo ...
See also
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Paris (surname) Paris is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Aimé Paris (1798–1866), French music educator and stenographer
* Ashley Paris (born 1987), Women's National Basketball Association player
* Barry Paris (born 1948), American author
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Parys (name) Parys is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
* Parys Filippi (1836–1874), Polish sculptor
* Parys Haralson (born 1984), American football linebacker
Surname
* Jan Parys (born 1950), Polish politician
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, given name and surname
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