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Hello, here is what you looking for about Paris, from the 5th volume of the work "Ogygia or Archaiologia", by prof. Athanasios Stageirites, Vienna, 1815:
"...When Paris was about to be born, his mother Hecabe, dreamed that she gave birth to a flaming torch and the whole city caught fire from it. When Aisakos explained the dream, he said that this child will be responsible for the collapse of Troy. So when he was born, Priamos, following Aisakos advice, gave the newborn baby to his shepherd, Agelaos, to throw the baby in the desert. The same misfortune was fortold by Kassandra and also the oracle Herofile. So Agelaos threw the baby to Ide, but going back to the mountain after five days, he saw the baby being breastfed by a bear. So he took the baby to his fields and raised it like it was his own child and then called the baby Paris, from parienai; because he escaped the danger...
... and Paris became handsome and brave, therefore they also called him Alexander..."
(Appol.E'. Ib'. 5, Didum. Il. M.93., Dikt. G' ks'., Paus. Fokik. Ib'., Eurip. Andromache 297.)

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So Paris, from 'parienai', means 'to pass', 'go by', 'expire', 'escape from', 'get away'.

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Paris is definitely an ancient Greek name, not only used in Ilion region but also in other parts of Greece, such as: The Aegean islands, Cyprus, Cyrenaica, Attica, Peloponnese, Western Greece, Sicily, Magna Graecia, Central Greece, Macedonia, Thrace, northern shores of Black Sea.

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For further information see also:
"Homeric Lexicon", I. Pantazides, Athens, 1880
"Homeric Onomatologion", N. Papadopoulos, Kyromanos ed.
"Lexicon of mythological, historical and geographical personal names", N. Lorentes, Vienna, 1837
"Lexicon of the Ancient World, Greece-Rome" Y. Lampsas. Dome ed.

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For thousands of other Ancient Greek names please see:
www.lgpn.ox.ac.uk