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Parks name meaning

First Name
1k
in the U.S.
since 1880
Last Name
89k
in the U.S.
in 2010
Girls
Boys
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Meaning and Origin

What does the name Parks mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Parks

User Submitted Origins

English
70%
Scottish
30%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. A user from Australia says the name Parks is of Scottish origin and means "Anglo French Scottish. Game warden".
  2. A submission from Texas, U.S. says the name Parks means "Game warden" and is of English origin.
  3. A submission from Arkansas, U.S. says the name Parks means "Awesome".
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  1. United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national Civil Rights movement (born in 1913)
    Synonyms: rosa parks
Wiktionary
  1. A surname​.

Parks was also found in the following language(s): German

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Notable Persons Named Parks

Notable Persons Named Parks

Parks Bonifay

Parks was given the name Parks Napier Bonifay on September 30th, 1981 in Pensacola, Florida, U.S.

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Parks

Parks was born on August 21st, 1984.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Parks

Notable Persons With the Last Name Parks

Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist. Rosa was given the name Rosa Louise McCauley on February 4th, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama, U.S. She breathed her last breath on October 24th, 2005.

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Michael Parks

Michael Parks is an actor and singer. He has had major accomplishments since 1963. Michael was given the name Michael Harry Samuel Parks on April 4th, 1938 in Corona, California.

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Gordon Parks

Gordon Parks was an artist in the fields of photographer, writer, musician, and film director. Gordon was given the name Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks on November 30th, 1912 in Fort Scott, Kansas, United States. He died on March 7th, 2006.

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Van Dyke Parks

Van Dyke Parks is a musician. He plays Moog modular synthesizer. He holds the title Harpers Bizarre – "High Coin" from Anything Goes, Palm Desert" from Song Cycle, and Clang Of The Yankee Reaper" from Clang Of The Yankee Reaper. His ongoing career started in 1953. Van was born Van Dyke Parks on January 3rd, 1943 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

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James Parks

His career lasted from 1981 to 1981. James was given the name James Jean Parks by his parent Michael Parks on November 16th, 1968 in Ventura County, California, U.S.

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Richard Parks

He was most prominent from 1996 to 1998. Richard was born on August 14th, 1977 in Pontypridd.

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  • Deantoni Parks
    Musician
  • Bert Parks
  • Aaron Parks
    Musician
  • Bernard C. Parks
    Los Angeles Police Department
  • Dan Parks
    Rugby Player
  • Dave Parks
    Football Player
  • Wally Parks
    Founder
  • Floyd B. Parks
  • George Nathan Parks
    Music Director
  • George Alexander Parks
    5th Governor OfAlaska Territory
  • Ian Parks
  • William Parks
    Printer
  • '''Floyd L. Parks
  • Robert Joseph Parks

Common last names for Parks

Common first names for Parks

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Parks U.S.
█  White 69.39% 64.26%
█  African American 24.91% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 0.59% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.67% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 2.38% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 2.06% 16.26%

Of Last Name Parks

People with the last name Parks are most frequently White or African American

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Fun Facts about the name Parks

  • What name lists does Parks rank for?
    #354Popular Surnames
  • How Popular is the name Parks? Parks is the 10,048th most popular name of all time. As a last name Parks was the 354th most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Parks have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,131 babies born with the first name Parks in the United States. That's more than enough people named Parks to occupy the territory of Niue (New Zealand) with an estimated population of 1,000 (as of July 1, 2012).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Parks? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1892 when it was given as a first name to 5 new born babies.
  • When was Parks first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Parks is Monday, January 7th, 1878.
  • What year had the most people named Parks born? The highest recorded use of the first name Parks was in 2018 with a total of 49 babies.
  • Random Parks Factoid: According to the 1927 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Parks is not a popular baby boy's name in North Carolina. Imagine that, only 7 babies in North Carolina have the same name in 1927.
  • Weird things about the name Parks: The name spelled backwards is Skrap. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Akspr. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Parks? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 88,586 people with the last name Parks.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Parks? Parks was ranked as the 354th most popular last name but is still less than 0.1% of the population!
    • Parks name meaning

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