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Surname: Parker
This great and noble surname is English!. Borne by the Earls of Morley and Macclesfield; the Barons of Boringdon and Monteagle, and having more than sixty Coats of Arms, it is ultimately of French occupational origins!. It described an official in charge of the extensive hunting parks of a king or wealthy landowner!. The derivation is from the words "parchier" or "parquier" meaning "park- keeper"!. The surname was first recorded in Englnd in the latter half of the 11th Century following the 1066 Norman Invasion, and as such was one of the very earliest surnames on record!. Only five percent of the entries in the great Domesday Book of 1086 show people having surnames, and this is one of them!. Amongst these very early recordings are examples such as Geoffrey Parchier, in the book of 'Seals' for the county of Northumberland, dated 1145 a!. d!. and Adam le Parker in the Hundred Rolls of the county of Norfolk for the year 1273!. The surname was one of the very first into the new American colonies!. William Parker, aged 20, who arrived in the ship Charles of London, in the year 1616, is shown in the records for January 23rd 1624 as being in the "muster" of Susan Bush, of 'Elzabeth Cittie'!. Quite what his situation was is far from clear, as Susan Bush herself arrived in 1617, and was only aged 20! The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Anschetil Parcher, which was dated 1086, in the Domesday Book of the county of Somerset, during the reign of King William 1, known as "The Conqueror", 1066 - 1087!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

English: occupational name for a gamekeeper employed in a medieval park, from an agent derivative of Middle English parc ‘park’ (see Park 1)!. This surname is also found in Ireland!.
Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish names!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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parker mean "park keeper" i think!.
in english it was the nickname used for a man who was gamekeeper at a medieval park!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Theres alot of Parker the one that comes to my mind is Tony Parker in the NBA
Or Peter Parker in SpidermanWww@QuestionHome@Com

from my grandpa! he liked to park so he named himself PARKER [kiddin!.!.!. i dont know acctually =!.=]Www@QuestionHome@Com

English!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Person whose job it was to park cars!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Spider-man!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

what kind of question is that, ummm i dont know, scotland!? wtfWww@QuestionHome@Com

it comes from englandWww@QuestionHome@Com

Spider man!!!!!

lol !.!.!. jk

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