Worldwide, Barker (Barker 
, 巴克 
, バーカー 
, among others...) is a rare epicene forename. The first name Barker is habitual in the United Kingdom, where it is a very rare unisex name, the United States, where it is a very rare predominantly boy's, but very seldom female name, and Tanzania, where it is a very rare masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in the United States, China, and Indonesia. Much more frequently, Barker is the last name as well as the forename.
Barker is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Buck Rogers , the science fiction hero, Amazing Stories; Barker , the character from 2000 film 'Up, Up, and Away!', Up, Up and Away; Barker , the musical character in the musical Two Cities; a soldier stationed in St. Petersburg who helps Sydney rescue Yevgeny; Hood , the Marvel character and Parker Luciani , the character in the Resident Evil Franchise, Resident Evil: Revelations, and in many other works.
| hanna barker (1664-1710) (b. 1664) |
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| sir william barker, 3rd bt. (1704-1770) (b. 1704) |
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| sir john fytche barker, 7th bt. (1741-1766) (b. 1741) |
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kirkland c. barker American mayor, US (b. 1819) |
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| giles diston barker (1785-1859) (b. 1785) |
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giles gould barker politician in Massachusetts, US (1838-1902), US (b. 1838) |
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wharton barker Union United States Army officer, US (b. 1846) |
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| lewis barker American politician, US (b. 1818) |
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ray wehnes barker United States general, US (b. 1889) |
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lewis ernest stephen barker Australian Army officer, AU (b. 1895) |
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| sir george barker (1849-1930) (b. 1849) |
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| newman henry barker 27 Jan 1858 - 6 Jul 1945 North Ogden, Weber, Utah (b. 1858) |
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| kenward stuart barker (1863-1946) (b. 1863) |
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gray barker American writer (1925-1984), US (b. 1925) |
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| dalgairns arundel barker author of The Theory of Money (1913) (b. 1881) |
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