Palmer

• English:/ˈpɑmɚ/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Palmer, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Collins
• Sutton
• Hollis
• Spencer
• Murphy

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Palmer is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Mexico, Spain, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

  Also written Palmér, Pàlmer, Pálmer

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Palmér

• French surname5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, United Kingdom, Canada

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Palmér, Pålmėr

• Polish surname25 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Poland, United Kingdom, Russia

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Czech

  Also written Пальмер, Палмер, Палмэр, Palmér, Палмър

• Greek surname2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, United States, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Παλμερ

75 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Palmer is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Transferred use of the surname, which originally denoted someone who had made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Such pilgrims generally brought back a palm branch as proof that they had actually made the journey.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, An English surname transferred from the nickname.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, Instrument surtout utilisé par les tourneurs sur métaux pour mesurer l’épaisseur d’un objet avec la plus grande précision. Il porte le nom de son inventeur, le Français Jean-Louis Palmer, qui conçut l’instrument en 1848.

  as a name·2500 noms propres devenus communs : dictionnaire étymologique (éponymes, antonomases et hypallages)

• In Italian, forma reduzida ou apocopada de Palmerio

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In English, Arnold, US golfer; pers. name

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Amanda Palmerb. 1976USAmerican musician and songwriter (born 1976)
• Teresa Palmerb. 1986AUAustralian actress, model, writer and producer
• Cole Palmerb. 2002GBEnglish footballer (born 2002)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

66 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 36 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Palmer mean, and where does it come from?

nickname for someone who had been on pilgrimage to the Holy Land, from Old French palmer. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].

Which countries have the most people with the surname Palmer?

In the United States, the national register counted about 157 thousand people named Palmer, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled palmer. After it come United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and South Africa; the country table on this page ranks them.

How common is the name Palmer?

In the United States, the national register counted 156,601 people named Palmer in 2010, about 1 in 2.1 thousand residents.

How common is Palmer compared with other names?

In the United States, Palmer is the 141st most common surname of 6,282,806 surnames recorded there.

How do you pronounce Palmer?

In English /ˈpɑmɚ/ (Wiktionary).