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Parks
OriginEnglish
Meaning"park-keeper or stone"
About Parks
Parks is a rare member of the fashionable single-syllable, S-ending surname crowd, which includes trending choices like Brooks, Banks, Hayes and Wells.
As well as being an English word name, Parks as a surname descended from Park or Parkin, a medieval diminutive of Peter.
Famed civil rights activist Rosa Parks makes for a very worthy namesake for a child of either gender.
Pronounced PARKS.
As of October 2026, Parks ranked #14499 in US births in 2025 SSA.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
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