Parks

English

"park-keeper or stone"

Parks Origin and Meaning

The name Parks is a girl's name meaning "park-keeper or stone".

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.