Walker

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English occupational name

"cloth walker"

Walker Origin and Meaning

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

Walker is an outdoorsy, Old Western-style name that leapt into the US Top 100 for boys back in 2022. Now, like a number of occupational names before it (think Sawyer, Palmer, and Parker), Walker is being used for an increasing number of girls.

Rarely used as a feminine name before 2018, Walker is now used seven times more than it was a decade ago, with 120 girls receiving the name in 2023. Preppy, cool, and tough, Walker has a stylish-cowboy feel to it and could also work as a nod to the writer of The Color Purple, Alice Walker.

American television host Courtney Hansen used the name Walker as one of her daughter's middle names in 2014 — as a tribute to her mother's maiden name.

Walker Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 8287 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Walker

• 758 Unique 2024

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Famous People Named Walker

• Holland Marysia Walker Hartington daughter of Courtney Hansen & Jay Hartington
• Alice Walker American author

The name Walker in Pop Culture

• Lila "Fantasia" Walker from the movie "One False Move"
• Siddalee "Sidda" Walker from movie "Divine Secrets of the Ya,Ya Sisterhood"