Parker (given name)

Parker

Pronunciation	PAR-ker
Gender	Unisex
Language	English
Origin
Language	Old English
Word/name	Parker (surname)
Meaning	"park keeper"
Region of origin	England
Other names
Related names	Park, Parke, Parkes, Parkman, Parks

Parker is an English-language unisex given name of Old English origin, meaning 'park keeper', hence also an Old English occupational surname. Parker was more common in the 19th century as a personal name than it is now. The name has variants. ^[1]

People with the given name

• P. O. Ackley (1903-1989), American gunsmith
• Parker Boudreaux (born 1998), American professional wrestler
• Parker Brailsford (born 2003), American football player
• Parker Burrell (1937–2010), Canadian politician
• Parker Cleaveland (1780–1858), American geologist and mineralogist
• Parker Dunshee (born 1995), American baseball player
• Parker Ehinger (born 1992), American football player
• Parker Esse, American choreographer
• Parker Fennelly (1891–1988), American actor
• Parker Finn (born 1987), American filmmaker
• Parker Frisbie (1940–2018), American sociologist
• Parker Gispert (born 1982), American singer
• Parker Griffith (born 1942), American politician
• Parker Hall (1916–2005), American football player
• Parker Watkins Hardin (1841-1920), American politician
• Parker Hesse (born 1995), American football player
• Parker Ighile (born 1990), British record producer, rapper, singer and songwriter
• Parker Illingworth (born 2002), Canadian rower
• Parker Ito (born 1986), American artist
• Parker Jacobs (born 1975), American artist, actor, and musician
• Parker Johnstone (born 1961), American race-car driver
• Parker Kingston, American football player
• Parker Livingstone (born 2006), American football player
• Parker MacDonald (1933–2017), Canadian ice hockey player
• Parker McCollum (born 1992), American country singer-songwriter
• Parker Lee McDonald (1924–2017), American judge
• Parker McKenzie (1897–1999), Kiowan Native American linguist
• Parker McLachlin (born 1979), American professional golfer
• Parker Millsap, American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
• Parker Mitchell, Canadian co-founder of Engineers Without Borders
• Parker Navarro (born 2001), American college football player
• Parker Palmer (born 1939), American author, educator, and activist
• Parker Pannell, American social media personality
• Parker Pennington (born 1984), American figure skater
• Parker Pillsbury (1809-1898), American minister and activist
• Parker Porter (born 1985), American MMA fighter
• Parker Posey (born 1968), American actress
• Parker Retzlaff (born 2003), American stock car driver
• Parker Roberts (born 1997), American soccer player
• Parker Stevenson (born 1952), American actor
• Parker Thompson (born 1998), Canadian race car driver
• Parker Thomson (1932-2017), American lawyer
• Parker Tyler (1904-1974), American author, poet, and film critic
• Parker Valby (born 2002), American track and field and cross-country athlete
• Parker Washington (born 2002), American football player
• Parker West, American dancer
• Parker Wickham (1727-1785), American Loyalist politician
• Parker Warren (1802-1887), American farmer and politician
• Parker Williams (1872-1958), Welsh-born politician
• Parker T. Williamson, American minister
• Parker Wolfe (born 2003), American runner
• Parker Wotherspoon (born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player
• Parker Young, American actor

Fictional characters with the given name

• Parker Lewis, in TV show Parker Lewis Can't Lose
• Parker Selfridge, in the Avatar film series
• Parker (Stark novels character)
• Parker Robbins, alter ego of Hood (Marvel Comics), comic book supervillain

See also

• Parker (surname)

References

1. "Parker - Name Meaning and Origin". thinkbabynames.com. Retrieved 2008-01-12.