Parker

Where Parker comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Parker.

  • 2 syllables
Parker through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #482 among boys, with 14 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1968
    Parker Posey born
    American actress
  3. 1988
    Parker Young born
    American actor
  4. 2015
    Peak, #72
    5,418 babies named Parker, its best rank.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Parker Posey · American actress, born 1968
  • Parker Young · American actor, born 1988
  • Parker Griffith · American politician, born 1942
  • Parker Sawyers · American actor, born 1984
  • Parker McKenna Posey · American actress, born 1995

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.