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First name origin & meaning:

Old English: Cultivated land

First name variations: Parke, Park, Parkley, Parks

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. 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.
  2. Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish names.

Famous people with this last name: Mary-Louise Parker, Sarah Jessica Parker

Famous people who gave their babies this name: Rosie O'Donnell

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