Paris is from the Greek *Páris* — the Trojan prince of Homer's *Iliad* whose abduction of Helen sparked the Trojan War. **The French capital city Paris derives separately from the Celtic-Gallic Parisii tribe (3rd c. BCE)**. **Originally a masculine name; in the United States the use as a feminine name surpassed male use after 2000**. **A top-300 US baby name for girls from 2003 to 2009**. **Paris Hilton (born 1981)** — American media personality and businesswoman; **great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton; her 2003 reality show *The Simple Life* with Nicole Richie helped pioneer modern celebrity reality TV; her 2024 testimony before the US Senate Finance Committee on the troubled-teen industry was a watershed moment for survivor advocacy**. **Paris Jackson (born 1998)** — daughter of Michael Jackson; American singer and model. **Paris Geller** — *Gilmore Girls* (2000-2007).
Subject of Hilton's memoir *Paris: The Memoir* (2023).
Paris reduces to four — the number of Trojan prince.