Parker?

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Thoughts? What "family" of names would you say it falls into? Too much of a surname for a first name?

It's the new popular name. Started growing in popularity in the last ten months or so. I work in paediatrics and it's fascinating to see the trends in names.

Surname to me.

I’ve always loved Cooper as a first name but Bot a fan of Parker at all, sorry.

Very American name imo. I think of nosy Parker or Peter Parker (Spiderman) when I hear it. I don't like it.

My friends dog is Parker so I think of it as a pets name.

Nosey Parker!!

Another vote for Thunderbirds.

Falls into American , faddy, child-of-a-celebrity

Mike

Parka is much more feminine

It's a very ordinary sur name. Don't see its appeal as a first name at all.

What did the northern actress from cold feet call her daughtr? Was it parker? 20 years ago i remember thinking whaaat, yuuuck!
But now at least there are more of them.

I like it. We considered it, but had a girl.

I think Peter parker aka spiderman not thunderbirds by the way.

I know of one Parker, who lives in the US

It's very American and obviously is originally a surname but those aren't bad things if you like the style

i like it :)

It sounds way too American for me to use. I quite like the sound of the name though, for a girl.

I like it! Unusual but not too out there.

No!

It's just a very ugly sound.

Means lots of different things - doesn't really seem much like a name. Lots of associations.

No good short form. Par? Park? Err no.

I know one. Adult, male, 40s and American.

It makes me think of Pheobe’s over enthusiastic boyfriend in Friends - played by Alec Baldwin.

I like it.

Boys I know called Parker seem nice.

I like it but only for a girl

Booth's son in Bones. But then he was Seeley, Bones was Temperance... They were all mad!

Parker is horrible for a boy or a girl, really harsh.

Not keen, but it’s the name of one of the quints in America and has grown on me through seeing the baby. She’s Parker Kate, the other names are Hazel, Olivia, Ava, Riley and big sister Blake.

Thunderbirds!

It's more a surname. In the same gang as Raydon, Riley, Bailey, Hunter and Mason.