Gender: Unisex
Meaning: Keeper of the park
Origin: Old English
Popularity: Ranked #97 in 2024 with 3,605 babies born.
History: Parker is an Old English occupational surname for someone who worked as a gamekeeper or maintained a private park for a nobleman. It transitioned into a first name in the 20th century as surname-to-first-name usage grew popular. It has been used for both boys and girls in modern naming.
Name length: 6 letters
How common is Parker? About 1 in 544 babies born in 2024 were named Parker, or roughly 16.8 per day in the United States.
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