Walker
English occupational name
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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.
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# 78 in the US
Walker Rank in US Top 1000
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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."
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