Meaning and background
The story behind Paris
Paris has two distinct entries in Behind the Name. One is the Greek mythological name of the Trojan prince, whose deeper meaning is uncertain and may involve an Anatolian language. The other is a place-derived name from the French capital, whose name comes from the ancient Parisii people. The mythological and city associations are both well established, but the city’s history does not settle the older personal name’s etymology.
- Origin
- Paris has two distinct entries in Behind the Name. Source · Source 2
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Paris appears in 49 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/pɛɹɪs/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
Other dictionary readings and notation
/pɛɹɪs/ · primary stress on syllable 1P EH1 R IH0 S
/pæɹɪs/ · primary stress on syllable 1P AE1 R IH0 S
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Sources and research notes (2)
Gender association: NYC licence-period records. Any dog can use this name.
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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