Paris
loc · Latin script
Meaning: (i) person from Paris, France, or a nickname linked with the city; (ii) from the personal name Paris, a form of Patrice/Patrick; (iii) from Catalan Aparici, from Spanish aparicion 'appearance'
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/paʁi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Paris is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- FRFrance≈1 in 4.3K(inferred from the name graph)
- ITItaly≈1 in 9.5K
- USUnited States1 in 11Kas Farris
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Paris itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 451 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 4.3K (inferred from the name graph)
≈110,000 named Farris, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Farris in US United States, IN India, IT Italy and 2 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- CatalanAparici(measured from records)
- Spanishaparicion(measured from records)
(i) person from Paris, France, or a nickname linked with the city; (ii) from the personal name Paris, a form of Patrice/Patrick; (iii) from Catalan Aparici, from Spanish aparicion 'appearance'.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Paris, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Paris counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈110,000 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Farris | 20 |
| US United States | — | 29,877as Farris | 1 in 11K | 30K | Farris | 451 |
| FR France | — | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.3K | 2.8K | Paris | 7 |
| IN India | — | 7,134as Pari | 1 in 186K | 7.1K | Farris | 37 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈6,600 est. | ≈1 in 9.5K | 30 | Farris | 58 |
| ES Spain | — | 5,211 | 1 in 9.6K | 5.2K | Paris | 51 |
| GY Guyana | — | 617as Parris | 1 in 1.2K | 617 | — | 4 |
| SG Singapore | #922 | ≈520 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Farris | 23 |
| KN St. Kitts & Nevis | — | 206as Parris | 1 in 261 | 206 | — | 7 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; St Kitts & Nevis — Register of Electors 2026. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Paris is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, from Paris; also from the French personal name from St Patrick; first attested Geruase de Paris 1158 P
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In German, from ON France; also from mythic personal name Paris
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In French, Paris (the capital and largest city of France)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, du nom latin Patricius, de patricius « patricien ».
as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
In Italian, Nome dei romanzi della Tavola Rotonda; da non confondere col greco Paride. Diffuso soprattutto in Venezia.
as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Matthew Parisb. 1200GBmedieval English chronicler and artist (c.1200-1259)
- Paris Bordoneb. 1500ITItalian artist (1500–1570)
- Gaston Parisb. 1839FRFrench medievalist and writer (1839-1903)
- Simone Parisb. 1909FRFrench comedian (1909-1985)
- Jerry Parisb. 1925USAmerican actor and director (1925-1986)
- Paris Barclayb. 1956USAmerican television director and producer
- Liam Howlettb. 1971GBnot in their usual nameBritish musician
- Paris Hiltonb. 1981USAmerican media personality (born 1981)
- Paris Jacksonb. 1998USAmerican model, actress, singer and musician
- Paris Berelcb. 1998USAmerican actress and model
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 110 sources across 49 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 24K | #1,247 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 18K | #2,033 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 17K | #2,087 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 17K | #1,970 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 5.9K | #1,247 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 5.2K | #1,023 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 5.2K | #1,023 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 2.8K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 497 | — |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 246 | #7,708 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 222 | #3,877 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2014 | 105 | #2,955 |
Reference works 10
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
- Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Paris mean, and where does it come from?
- (i) person from Paris, France, or a nickname linked with the city; (ii) from the personal name Paris, a form of Patrice/Patrick; (iii) from Catalan Aparici, from Spanish aparicion 'appearance'. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Paris?
- A machine transcription gives /paʁi/ (IPA) for French.
- In which country does Paris have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 111 thousand people named Farris in China, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Paris?
- In Spain, the national register counted 5,211 people named Paris, about 1 in 9.6 thousand residents.
- How common is Paris compared with other names?
- In Singapore, Paris is the 922nd most common surname of 78,292 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/parisThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Paris” — the 922nd most common surname in Singapore. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.