Walker

English occupational name

"cloth-walker"

Updated Mon Sep 02 2024

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Walker Origin and Meaning

The name Walker is a boy's name of English origin meaning "cloth-walker".

Walker is both a Waspy surname name—as in the W in George W. Bush—but it also has a gentle ambling quality and a creative connection to such greats as writer Walker Percy and photographer Walker Evans, whose father was also named Walker.

As a common surname, Walker has many other notable namesakes, including author Alice, football great Herschel, blues guitarist T-Bone, and contemporary artist Kara.

Walker was a popular name around the turn of the twentieth century, reaching Number 296 in 1896, remained in use through 1955, then made a return in 1983, becoming a prime representative of the aspirational surnames of the 1980s and 90s.

# 85 in the US

Walker Rank in US Top 1000

# 472 on Nameberry

Walker Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Walker Popularity

85US2023
472Nameberry2024
104Canada2022
221Future2028

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Famous People Named Walker

Walker HayesAmerican country music singer
Walker Kirtland HancockAmerican sculptor
Walker EvansAmerican photographer
Walker PercyAmerican author
Walker ButlerAmerican jurist
Walker ConnorAmerican political scientist
Walker M. CurtissAmerican politician from Wisconsin
Walker Nathaniel Diggsson of actors Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel
George Herbert Walker Bush and George Walker Bushfather and son former U.S. Presidents
Zachary Walker "Zac" HansonAmerican singer
Kyle WalkerEnglish professional footballer

Walker in Pop Culture

"WalkerTexas Ranger," TV series about Sgt. Cordell Walker
Walker Bohcharacter in the Shannara series by Terry Brooks
Walkercharacter on animated series "Danny Phantom"
Walkercharacter in film "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III"
Walkers are zombies in "The Walking Dead."