Parker is an English occupational surname meaning "park keeper" or "gamekeeper", someone who looked after a lord's hunting grounds. It belongs to the surname-as-first-name tradition that produced Carter, Hunter and Mason, and comic-book fans know it from Spider-Man's alter ego Peter Parker. Parker ranked number 127 in 2000, entered the top 100 in 2009, peaked at number 72 in 2015 and stands at number 102 in 2025.