Parker (given name)
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, American gunsmith
- Parker Boudreaux, American professional wrestler
- Parker Brailsford, American football player
- Parker Burrell, Canadian politician
- Parker Cleaveland, American geologist and mineralogist
- Parker Dunshee, American baseball player
- Parker Ehinger, American football player
- Parker Esse, American choreographer
- Parker Fennelly, American actor
- Parker Finn, American filmmaker
- Parker Frisbie, American sociologist
- Parker Gispert, American singer
- Parker Griffith, American politician
- Parker Hall, American football player
- Parker Watkins Hardin, American politician
- Parker Hesse, American football player
- Parker Ighile, British record producer, rapper, singer and songwriter
- Parker Illingworth, Canadian rower
- Parker Ito, American artist
- Parker Jacobs, American artist, actor, and musician
- Parker Johnstone, American race-car driver
- Parker Kingston, American football player
- Parker Livingstone, American football player
- Parker MacDonald, Canadian ice hockey player
- Parker McCollum, American country singer-songwriter
- Parker Lee McDonald, American judge
- Parker McKenzie, Kiowan Native American linguist
- Parker McLachlin, American professional golfer
- Parker Millsap, American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
- Parker Mitchell, Canadian co-founder of Engineers Without Borders
- Parker Navarro, American college football player
- Parker Palmer, American author, educator, and activist
- Parker Pannell, American social media personality
- Parker Pennington, American figure skater
- Parker Pillsbury, American minister and activist
- Parker Porter, American MMA fighter
- Parker Posey, American actress
- Parker Retzlaff, American stock car driver
- Parker Roberts, American soccer player
- Parker Stevenson, American actor
- Parker Thompson, Canadian race car driver
- Parker Thomson, American lawyer
- Parker Tyler, American author, poet, and film critic
- Parker Valby, American track and field and cross-country athlete
- Parker Washington, American football player
- Parker West, American dancer
- Parker Wickham, American Loyalist politician
- Parker Warren, American farmer and politician
- Parker Williams, Welsh-born politician
- Parker T. Williamson, American minister
- Parker Wolfe, American runner
- Parker Wotherspoon, 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 Hood (Marvel Comics), comic book supervillain