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I agree - it sounds gentle and mythical for a boy, but cheap and trashy for a girl.

I agree with Manipura: "It has a playboy / disingenuous prettyboy vibe that I'd have to get over before I could actually like it."
I won't rule out the possibility that I could think it was fine for a man, if I met one who wore it well.
But I've seen it on women (long before Hilton) and liked it, and I think of it as feminine.

This message was edited 3/4/2020, 1:24 PM

I don't like it as a name, I've only see it for a girl

On a boy, as opposed to a female celeb or her offspring, I think of the randy lad who sparked off the Trojan War, so yes, not feminine but no, not particularly attractive at all.

I don’t why, but I’m the opposite. I can’t imagine it on a boy but I love it on a girl.

I've always liked Paris as a male name. I don't care for it much on girls.

It is interesting you ask that because Paris started as an exclusively masculine name and was so until the 1910s. It wasn't even until the 1980s when more females were named Paris than males. Today, there are a lot more females. However, it is still in the top 2000 for boys, so it is not outlandish to give a boy the name Paris. I personally think it could go either way.

It does seem more masculine than feminine to me, and I like it for a boy.

I think it's much better than Adonis, which is comparable in popularity in the US these days.
Mainly because I'm fond of Peregrine / Perry / Faris / Ferris yet dislike Don.

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It has a playboy / disingenuous prettyboy vibe that I'd have to get over before I could actually like it, though.
Probably if I knew a few nice ones, it'd seem good, but I've never met a Paris.

This message was edited 3/4/2020, 6:33 AM

It doesn’t strike me as feminine either, possibly because I associate it with Paris from Greek mythology as a name, rather than the city. I don’t think it’s really useable though.