Garden, park, or place of bliss
Derived from the Old Persian word 'pairidaeza', meaning an enclosed garden or park. It has evolved through Greek and Latin to represent a state of supreme happiness or a celestial dwelling place.
Less common today
Paradise isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #2,981 in 2019.
US births per 5-year period, 1990βpresent (SSA data).
A character in the novel 'Paradise' Β· Paradise by Toni Morrison
A character in the 'Black Dagger Brotherhood' series Β· Blood Vow by J.R. Ward