as a Last Name
- 170,459
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Palmer
Meaning & Origins
English: from Middle English, Old French palmer, paumer (from palme, paume ‘palm tree’, Latin palma), a nickname for someone who had been on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Such pilgrims generally brought back a palm branch as proof that they had actually made the journey, but there was a vigorous trade in false souvenirs, and the term also came to be applied to a cleric who sold indulgences.
| 151st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 170,459
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Utah
- has the most people named Palmer per capita
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