Parker is an occasional English language masculine or feminine unisex given name of Old English origin, meaning "park keeper", hence also an Old English occupational surname. Parker was more common in the 19th century as a personal name than it is now. The name has variants.
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 MacDonald (born 1933), Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Parker McKenzie (1897 - 1999), American linguist, oldest living Kiowa Native American
- Parker McLachlin (born 1979), American professional golfer
- 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 actor
Famous quotes containing the word parker:
“As one delves deeper and deeper into Etiquette, disquieting thoughts come. That old Is- It-Worth-It Blues starts up again softly, perhaps, but plainly. Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness. The letters and the conversations of the correct, as quoted by Mrs. Post, seem scarcely worth the striving for. The rules for finding topics of conversation fall damply on the spirit.”
—Dorothy Parker (1893–1967)