Walker

Walker meaning

Walker is an international boy's name of English origin.

A fuller, one who thickened cloth by treading on it; English occupational surname

Also used to mean: cloth walker

Walker is an English occupational surname. The Online Etymology Dictionary records it from the early thirteenth century and explains it as one who fulled cloth: newly woven wool was soaked and trodden underfoot to clean and thicken it, and the worker who did this was a walker. Middle Dutch and German walken, 'to full', show the same sense. The same trade gave the surnames Fuller and Tucker. The surname became a first name in the United States. Baby-name lists give 'cloth walker' or 'fuller', which matches. It is said WAW-ker and sits easily with Indian surnames.

Source: Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com) · entry Walker · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026

References: Online Etymology Dictionary, Walker · Online Etymology Dictionary, walk

Popularity abroad

• #78 United States, boys 2025 (up 4 from 82 in 2024)
  US Social Security Administration

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