What Does The Name Parker Mean?

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What Does The Name Parker Mean?

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Answer 1

Parker is the name of English origin. It is pronounced as PAR-ker. The meaning of the name is 'keeper of the park.' The occupational name became famous as a surname. The name became hugely popular in the 19th century and still continues to be famous in this century too. There are 4 variant forms to Parker like Parkes, Parks, Parkes and Parkman. Parker is distinguished as a common male and a popular surname.

Jennifer Parker is the name of the smart and sensitive protagonist in Sidney Sheldon's successful novel 'Rage of Angels.' Mary-Louise Parker is the award-winning actress (recipient of Emmy and Golden Globe, 2006), famous for her character Nancy Botwin, as the homemaker who turns to selling marijuana to support her family.

Answer 2

Parker is usually a surname (famous examples include the late American author Dorothy Parker) but is sometimes used as a given name in the US, and more rarely in the UK (Agatha Christie gave the name Parker Pyne to one of her fictional detectives.)

Like many surnames, it started as the name of a job (Miller, Smith etc were born in the same way.) Originally Parker meant a gamekeeper who worked in a game park (where the local landowner kept his deer etc.) The name probably originated in the Middle Ages.