PARKER (SURNAME)

:''This article is about the surname Parker. For other uses, see Parker.''
'Parker' is a family name. Within the United States, it is ranked as the 47th-most common surname.^[1]

Contents

Origin

Notable persons named Parker

References

Origin

Parker is of English origin, although the etymology is Old French for "keeper of the park". In England, a "parker" was a nickname given to someone who was a gamekeeper during medieval times.^[2]

Notable persons named Parker

★ Alan Parker

★ Alton B. Parker

★ Arthur C. Parker

★ Bonnie Parker of Bonnie and Clyde

★ Camilla Parker Bowles (now Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall)

★ Cameron Parker

★ Candace Parker

★ Charles Parker (numerous people share this name)

★ Charlie Parker, jazz musician

★ Claire Parker (see Alexandre Alexeieff and Claire Parker)

★ Clifton Parker

★ Colonel Tom Parker

★ Corey Parker

★ Cynthia Ann Parker

★ Daniel Parker

★ Dave Parker (numerous people share this name)

★ Donald C. Parker, American physician and amateur astronomer

★ Dorothy Parker (born Dorothy Rothschild)

★ Edwin Wallace Parker, a Methodist Bishop

★ Eleanor Parker

★ Ellis Parker Butler

★ Ely S. Parker

★ Eugene Parker, astrophysicist

★ Evan Parker

★ Fess Parker

★ Francis Parker Yockey

★ Frederick Parker, British hurdler

★ Geoff Parker

★ George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield

★ Georgie Parker

★ Gloria Parker[1], actress, musician

★ Graham Parker

★ John Parker Hale

★ John Parker (numerous people share this name)

★ Kevin Parker (New York State Senator)

★ Keith Parker Williams

★ K.J. Parker

★ Lionel Dyke "Pete" Parker

★ Maceo Parker

★ Mary-Louise Parker

★ Matthew Parker

★ Melvin Parker

★ Pauline Parker of the Parker-Hulme murder

★ Quanah Parker

★ Ray Parker Jr.

★ Robert Parker (numerous people share this name)

★ Sarah Parker

★ Sarah Jessica Parker

★ Scott Parker

★ Shane Parker, Australian ornithologist

★ Stuart Parker

★ Suzy Parker

★ Theodore Parker, Unitarian minister

★ Theodore A. Parker III, ornithologist

★ Theodore W. Parker, United States Army General

★ Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield

★ Thomas Parker (engineer) British locomotive engineer

★ Timothy Parker, crossword puzzle creator

★ Tony Parker

★ Trey Parker

★ Walter Richard Parker

★ William Parker

References

1. U.S. Census Bureau; "Frequently Occurring First Names and Surnames From the 1990 Census, (Table) Name Files dist.all.last"; published May 9, 1995;
2. About.com; "Genealogy: Name Meaning and Origin"; ; retrieved August 9, 2006