Palmer

English

"one who holds a palm"

Palmer Origin and Meaning

The name Palmer is a boy's name of English origin meaning "one who holds a palm".

Palmer is a name that derives from the fact that pilgrims often carried palms, thus the double meaning. It's a fresher sounding twist on such upper-crusty surname names as Porter and Parker.

Palmer Rank in US Top 1000

# 990 in the US

Palmer Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1631 on Nameberry

Palmer Popularity

• 990 US 2021
• 1631 Nameberry 2024
• 87 Unique 2022
• 550 Future 2028

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Famous People Named Palmer

• Palmer Edvind Lee birth name of Gregg Palmer, American actor
• Palmer Cox Canadian illustrator and author
• Palmer Eddy Pierce U.S. WWI general
• H. Palmer Hall American poet
• Palmer C. Hayden American painter
• Palmer Freeman Luckey American founder of Oculus VR
• Palmer Cosslett Putnam American wind,power engineer
• (William) Palmer Pyle American NFL player
• Grady Palmer Wright (b. 2020) son of American soccer player Arin Gilliland Wright

Palmer in Pop Culture

• Palmer Joss character in film "Contact"
• Palmer Cortlandt character on American TV soap "All My Children"
• Palmer character in "The Thing" series