The Park Surname
Park Name Meaning and History
- English and Scottish: from Middle English, Old French parc ‘park’; a metonymic occupational name for someone employed in a park or a topographic name for someone who lived in or near a park. In the Middle Ages a park was a large enclosed area where the landowner could hunt game.
- English and Scottish: from a medieval pet form of the personal name Peter. Compare Parkin.
- Swedish: ornamental name from park ‘park’.
- Korean: variant of Pak.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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