Names like Palmer

Palmer is a two-syllable English name that ends in -er. Each list below follows one of those threads on its own, so you can see exactly what the names share.

The same sound

Two syllables, ending the same way as Palmer.

Piper English · "pipe player," an occupational surname from the medieval bagpiper and flute player; almost unheard of as a first name before the 1990s, then a spirited favorite of the musical-surname wave. Bright, brisk, and impossible to slow down

Parker English · park keeper

Harper English · "harp player," an occupational surname from the medieval minstrel's craft; almost unknown as a girls' first name before the 2000s, then a leader of the musical-surname wave. Literary in association, folk in root, modern in effect

Porter English · occupational surname, "gatekeeper"

The same roots

Also English names, from the tradition Palmer comes from.

Spencer English · occupational surname, "dispenser of provisions"

Tanner English · occupational surname, "leather tanner"

Foster English · occupational surname, traditionally 'forester' or 'keeper of the forest'

Turner English · occupational surname for one who works a lathe

The same feel

Also classic and surname style names.

Chandler English · occupational surname, "candle maker"

Wilber English · a variant spelling of Wilbur, from Old English/Germanic elements read as wild boar or resolute fortress

Payton English · "Paega's town," an Old English place name that spent centuries as a surname; the A-spelling of Peyton, unisex like its twin and slightly the rarer of the pair. Two spellings, one easygoing sound

Conner Irish · variant spelling of Connor, traditionally translated as 'lover of hounds'

Names of the same moment

Each of these is at its highest in the 2020s, the same decade as Palmer, on a similar curve.

Miller English · occupational surname, "one who grinds grain"

Denver English · place name, "green valley"

Clover English · the clover plant, symbol of luck

Walker English · occupational surname, "one who fulls cloth"

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