Origin of the name Parker:
Transferred use of the surname that arose as an occupational name for one who worked in a park. The name is derived from the Middle English parker (a park keeper, a gamekeeper).
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Parker as a girl's name is solidly preppy. It gives a similar impression of prep school snobbery as the name Blair does.
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Parks, Park
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Parker McKenna Posey, American child actress
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Parker was a character in the TV show Veronica Mars. She was preppy, blonde, pretty, and nice.
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- #505 in United States
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