Keeper of the park or forest
Derived from an English occupational surname for someone who worked as a gamekeeper or warden of a medieval hunting park. It is a variant of the more common Parker, retaining a vintage, aristocratic feel through the addition of the silent 'e'.
Less common today
Parke isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #6,880 in 1993.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
American journalist and editor of the New York Evening Post
Early American football player and influential coach
George Washington Parke Custis, step-grandson of George Washington
