Parker is an

English language English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the is ...

unisex Unisex is an adjective indicating something is not sex-specific, i.e. is suitable for any type of sex. The term can also mean gender-blindness or gender neutrality. The term 'unisex' was coined as a neologism in the 1960s and was used fairly inf ...

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...

origin, meaning "park keeper", hence also an Old English occupational

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

. Parker was more common in the 19th century as a

personal name A personal name, or full name, in onomastic terminology also known as prosoponym (from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον / ''prósōpon'' - person, and ὄνομα / ''onoma'' - name), is the set of names by which an individual person is known ...

than it is now. The name has variants. People with the given name include: *

Parker Burrell Parker Burrell (February 6, 1937 – August 9, 2010) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1988 to 1990, representing the northern riding of Swan River for the Progressive Conservat ...

(1937-2010), Canadian politician * Parker Cannon, lead singer of The Story So Far *

Parker Cleaveland Parker Cleaveland (January 1, 1780 – August 15, 1858) was an American geologist and mineralogist, born in Rowley, Massachusetts. He was identified with the early progress of the natural sciences. After having attending the Dummer Academy in B ...

(1780–1858), American geologist and mineralogist *

Parker Dunshee Parker Edward Dunshee (born February 12, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Oakland Athletics organization. Amateur career Dunshee attended Zionsville Community High School in Zionsville, Indiana, where he played baseball, ...

(born 1995), American professional baseball player *

Parker Fennelly Parker W. Fennelly (October 22, 1891 – January 22, 1988) was an American character actor who appeared in ten films, numerous television episodes and hundreds of radio programs. Early life The son of gardener Nathan Fennelly and Estelle Doll ...

(1891–1988), American actor * Parker Gispert (born 1982), American, lead singer of The Whigs *

Parker Griffith Rolf Parker Griffith Jr. (born August 6, 1942) is an American retired physician, entrepreneur and politician who served in the Alabama State Senate from 2006 to 2008 and then as the U.S. representative for from 2009 to 2011. A lifelong member o ...

(born 1942), American politician * Parker Hall (1916–2005), American football player *

Parker Hesse Parker Hesse (born May 26, 1995) is an American football tight end for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Iowa. College career Hesse was a member of the Iowa Hawkeyes for five seasons, reds ...

(born 1995), American football player *

Parker Jacobs Parker LeGrand Jacobs (born July 17, 1975) is an American artist, musician and former child actor. He is known for his work as an art director on the children's television series ''Yo Gabba Gabba!'', for which he has been nominated for four Day ...

(born 1975), American artist, actor and musician *

Parker Johnstone Parker Johnstone III (born March 27, 1961) is a former race car driver and motorsports announcer from Redmond, Oregon. An accomplished musician, he was the principal trumpet of the International Youth Orchestra, touring Europe, playing with Herb ...

(born 1961), American racecar driver * Parker MacDonald (1933–2017), Canadian professional ice hockey player *

Parker Lee McDonald Parker Lee McDonald (May 23, 1924 – June 24, 2017) was a justice of the Florida Supreme Court. He was a judge from the U.S. state of Florida. McDonald served as a Florida Supreme Court justice from 1979 to 1994, and was chief justice from 1 ...

(1924–2017), American judge * Parker McKenzie (1897–1999), American linguist, oldest living Kiowa Native American *

Parker McLachlin Parker Nicholas McLachlin (born May 10, 1979) is an American professional golfer and golf instructor who plays on the PGA Tour. McLachlin was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He graduated from Punahou School in 1997 and UCLA in 2002 with a degree in s ...

(born 1979), American professional golfer *

Parker Mitchell Parker Mitchell is the co-founder and former co-CEO of Engineers Without Borders (Canada). He and George Roter founded the Canadian organization in 2000. Mitchell has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and a B.A. (Cognitive Science min ...

, Canadian co-founder of Engineers Without Borders * Parker J. Palmer (born 1939), American author, educator, and activist * Parker Posey (born 1968), American actress * Parker Stevenson (born 1952), American actor Fictional characters: *

Parker Lewis ''Parker Lewis Can't Lose'' is an American teen sitcom that originally aired on Fox from September 1990 to June 1993. It was produced by Clyde Phillips Productions in association with Columbia Pictures Television. During the last season, the se ...

, television show character, portrayed by Corin Nemec *Parker Selfridge, a character in the film ''

Avatar Avatar (, ; ), is a concept within Hinduism that in Sanskrit literally means "descent". It signifies the material appearance or incarnation of a powerful deity, goddess or spirit on Earth. The relative verb to "alight, to make one's appearanc ...

'' *Parker, a character on the television show ''

Leverage Leverage or leveraged may refer to: *Leverage (mechanics), mechanical advantage achieved by using a lever * ''Leverage'' (album), a 2012 album by Lyriel *Leverage (dance), a type of dance connection *Leverage (finance), using given resources to ...

'' *Parker Halliwell, one of Phoebe Halliwell daughters from the TV show

Charmed ''Charmed'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by Constance M. Burge and produced by Aaron Spelling and his production company Spelling Television, with Brad Kern serving as showrunner. The series was originally broadcast ...

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