- Parker (given name)
Infobox Given Name Revised
name =Parker
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pronunciation="PAR-ker"
gender =Male, Female
meaning =
region =English
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related names =Parke, Parkes, Parkman, Parks
footnotes =Parker (p(a)-rker, par-ker) is an occasional
English language masculine or feminineunisex given name ofOld English origin, meaning "park keeper", hence also an Old English occupationalsurname . Parker was more common in the 19th century as apersonal name than it is now. The name has variants. [cite web |url=http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Parker |title=Parker - Name Meaning and Origin |publisher=thinkbabynames.com |accessdate=2008-01-12]People with the given name include:
*Parker Burrell (born 1937), Canadian politician
*Parker Cleaveland (1780-1858), American geologist and mineralogist
*Parker Fennelly (1891–1988), American actor
*Parker Gispert (born 1982), American, lead singer of The Whigs
*Parker Griffith , American politician
*Parker Hall (1916 - 2005), American football player
*Parker Jacobs , American artist, actor and musician
*Parker Johnstone (born 1961), American racecar driver
*Parker Kent (born 1907), Canadian, associate newspaper editor
*Parker MacDonald (born 1933), Canadian professional ice hockey player
*Parker McKenzie (1897 - 1999), American linguist, oldest living Kiowa Native American
*Parker Mitchell , Canadian co-founder of Engineers Without Borders
*Parker Posey (born 1968), American actress
*Parker Sage , American founder of Black Legion
*Parker Stevenson (born 1952), American actorReferences
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Parker (surname)
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