This is a list of streets in the 1st arrondissement of Paris with etymological information.
A
Rue Adolphe-Jullien - Adolphe Jullien (1803-1873) - director of the Chemins de fer de l'Ouest railway Quai Aimé-Césaire - Aimé Césaire (1913-2008) - writer and representative of Martinique in the National Assembly Rue d'Alger - in commemoration of the capture of Algiers by French forces on July 5, 1830 Rue de l'Amiral-de-Coligny - Admiral Gaspard II de Coligny (1519-1572) Allée André-Breton - André Breton (1896-1966) - writer Place André-Malraux - André Malraux (1901-1976) - writer and politician Passage Antoine-Carême - Marie-Antoine Carême (1784-1833) - chef Rue de l'Arbre-Sec Rue d'Argenteuil - Argenteuil, a commune in Val-d'Oise Pont des Arts - named due to its proximity to the Louvre
B
Rue Baillet - Jean Baillet, treasurer to Charles V of France
Rue Bailleul - Robet Bailleul, accounts clerk who lived on the street
Allée Baltard - Victor Baltard (1805-1874), architect
Rue Basse - named due to its proximity to Place Basse
Passage de Beaujolais - named due to its proximity to the Rue de Beaujolais
Rue de Beaujolais - comte de Beaujolais, a title given to sons of the Duke of Orléans Rue Berger - Jean Jacque Berger (1791-1859), prefect of the Seine Rue Bertin-Poirée - Bertin Poirée, a resident of the street Allée Blaise-Cendrars - Blaise Cendrars (1877-1961), writer Rue des Bons-Enfants - Collège des Bons-Enfants Rue Boucher - Pierre-Richard Boucher, politician Rue du Bouloi - a hotel once situated there Impasse des Bourdonnais - named due to its proximity to the Rue des Bourdonnais Rue des Bourdonnais - Adam and Guillaume Bourdon, Mathematician
C
Rue Cambon - Pierre-Joseph Cambon (1756-1820), politician
Rue des Capucines - a former Capuchin convent
Place du Carrousel - named for the military carrousel (dressage) given for the birth of Louis, Grand Dauphin Pont du Carrousel - named due to its proximity to the Place du Carrousel Rue de Castiglione - Battle of Castiglione Rue Catinat - Nicolas Catinat (1637-1712), Marshal of France Pont au Change - named for the money changers once established there Place du Châtelet - once the site of the Grand Châtelet Rue du Chevalier-de-Saint-George - Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1739-1799), musician Rue Clémence-Royer - Clémence Royer (1830-1902), philosopher and economist Place Colette - Colette (1873-1954), writer Rue du Colonel-Driant - Émile Driant (1855-1916), military officer Rue Coq-Héron - so named in 1298 Rue Coquillière - named for a city gate Rue de la Cossonnerie - named for an ancient poultry market Rue Courtalon - Guillaume Courtalon, a former resident Rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs - named for a cross once situated here Rue du Cygne - swan
D
Rue Danielle-Casanova - Danielle Casanova (1909-1943), member of the French Resistance Place Dauphine - Louis XIII of France (1601-1643), monarch Rue des Déchargeurs - unloaders Rue des Deux-Boules - two balls Place des Deux-Écus - two Écus Passage des Deux-Pavillons - named for the two pavilions at the corner of it and the Rue de Beaujolais Rue Duphot - Mathurin-Léonard Duphot (1769-1797)
E
Rue de l'Échelle - named for the Archbishop's ladder
Place de l'École - school
Rue Édouard-Colonne - Édouard Colonne (1838-1910), conductor
Rue Étienne-Marcel - Étienne Marcel (1310-1358), provost of Paris
F
Allée Federico-Garcia-Lorca - Federico García Lorca (1899-1936), poet
Cour des Fermes - former location of the Ferme générale
Rue de la Ferronnerie - named for the ironworks which were located here
Rue Française - a corruption of the former name of Rue Françoise, named for Francis I of France (1494-1547) Quai François-Mitterrand - François Mitterrand (1915-1996), President of France