Parker (given name)

Template:Infobox given name2 Parker is an English language 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

• P. O. Ackley (1903-1989), American gunsmith
• Parker Boudreaux (born 1998), American professional wrestler
• Parker Brailsford (born 2003), American college football player
• Parker Burrell (1937–2010), Canadian politician
• Parker Cleaveland (1780–1858), American geologist and mineralogist
• Parker Dunshee (born 1995), American baseball player
• Parker Ehinger (born 1992), American football player
• Parker Esse, American choreographer
• Parker Fennelly (1891–1988), American actor
• Parker Finn (born 1987), American filmmaker
• Parker Frisbie (1940–2018), American sociologist
• Parker Gispert (born 1982), American singer
• Parker Griffith (born 1942), American politician
• Parker Hall (1916–2005), American football player
• Parker Watkins Hardin (1841-1920), American politician
• Parker Hesse (born 1995), American football player
• Parker Ighile (born 1990), British record producer, rapper, singer and songwriter
• Parker Illingworth (born 2002), Canadian rower
• Parker Ito (born 1986), American artist
• Parker Jacobs (born 1975), American artist, actor, and musician
• Parker Johnstone (born 1961), American race-car driver
• Parker Kingston, American football player
• Parker MacDonald (1933–2017), Canadian ice hockey player
• Parker McCollum (born 1992), American country singer-songwriter
• Parker Lee McDonald (1924–2017), American judge
• Parker McKenzie (1897–1999), Kiowan Native American linguist
• Parker McLachlin (born 1979), American professional golfer
• Parker Millsap, American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
• Parker Mitchell, Canadian co-founder of Engineers Without Borders
• Parker Navarro (born 2001), American college football player
• Parker Palmer (born 1939), American author, educator, and activist
• Parker Pannell, American social media personality
• Parker Pennington (born 1984), American figure skater
• Parker Pillsbury (1809-1898), American minister and activist
• Parker Porter (born 1985), American MMA fighter
• Parker Posey (born 1968), American actress
• Parker Retzlaff (born 2003), American stock car driver
• Parker Roberts (born 1997), American soccer player
• Parker Stevenson (born 1952), American actor
• Parker Thompson (born 1998), Canadian race car driver
• Parker Thomson (1932-2017), American lawyer
• Parker Tyler (1904-1974), American author, poet, and film critic
• Parker Valby (born 2002), American track and field and cross-country athlete
• Parker Washington (born 2002), American football player
• Parker Wickham (1727-1785), American Loyalist politician
• Parker Warren (1802-1887), American farmer and politician
• Parker Williams (1872-1958), Welsh-born politician
• Parker T. Williamson, American minister
• Parker Wolfe (born 2003), American runner
• Parker Wotherspoon (born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player
• Parker Young, American actor

Fictional characters with the given name

• Parker Lewis, in TV show Parker Lewis Can't Lose
• Parker Selfridge, in the Avatar film series
• Parker (Stark novels character)
• Parker Robbins, alter ego of The Hood, comic book supervillain

See also

• Parker (surname)