Parker_(surname)

Parker (surname)

Parker (surname)

English surname meaning "keeper of the park"

This article is about the surname Parker. For other uses, see Parker (disambiguation).

Parker is a surname of English origin, derived from Old French with the meaning "keeper of the park". "Parker" was also a nickname given to gamekeepers in medieval England.[2][1] In the United States, it ranked in 1990 as the 47th most-common surname.[3]

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  • Ol Parker (born 1969), English director, producer and screenwriter
  • Oliver Parker (born 1960), English director, screenwriter and actor

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    Parker Surname at Forebears
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    "PARKER - Name Meaning & Origin". About.com. Archived from the original on 21 March 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
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    U.S. Census Bureau; "Frequently Occurring First Names and Surnames From the 1990 Census, (Table)" "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-10-12. Retrieved 2006-08-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link); published May 9, 1995
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