Name

Name PALMER

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 8,891 births of Palmer in the countries below, which represents an average of 63 births of children bearing the first name Palmer per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 1,188 births.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom Palmer
In Italiano

Nome Palmer

Information about the first name Palmer

Palmer is also a french verb

The first name Palmer has been assigned to:

45.73% to boys
54.27% to girls

The country where the first name Palmer is the most common is:

United State of America

This first name is on trend: Both (Unisex)

This first name has 6 letters including 2 vowels and 4 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Palmer

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Palmer : Permal, Premal

Palmer in Japanese ^*

Romaji	parumaa
Katakana	パルマー
Hiragana	ぱるまー
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Palmer in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Palmer

English

Etymology

From Middle English palmer, from Anglo-Norman palmer, from Old French paumier (“palmer”), from Medieval Latin palmārius (“palmer”), from palma (“palm tree”).

Etymology

From noun.

Etymology

From the transitive verb to palm.

Etymology (Noun)

palmer (plural palmers)
(now historical) A pilgrim who had been to the Holy Land and who brought back a palm branch in signification; a wandering religious votary.
(archaic) Abbreviation of palmerworm.

Etymology (Noun)

palmer (plural palmers)
A ferule used to punish schoolboys by striking their palms.

Etymology (Noun)

palmer (plural palmers)
One who palms or cheats, as at cards or dice.

Anagrams

LaPerm, Marple, ampler, lamper, relamp, repalm

Anagrams

LaPerm, Marple, ampler, lamper, relamp, repalm

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɑːmə/
(General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɑmɚ/
Rhymes: -ɑːmə(ɹ)

Middle English

Etymology

Named for the palm branches they were wont to bring back from the Levant to signify their pilgrimage. From Anglo-Norman palmer, from Old French paumier, from Medieval Latin palmārius (“palmer”), from palma (“palm tree”).

Alternative forms

palmere

Noun

palmer (plural palmeres)
A pilgrim who has been to the Holy Land.
ca. 1370–90, William Langland, Piers Plowman,
Pilgrims and palmers plighted them together
To seek for Saint James and the saintes in Rome ...
(by extension) Any pilgrim or crusader.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈpal.mər(ə)/

Noun (Descendants)

English: palmer

General

Etymology

From Middle English palmer (“a pilgrim from the Holy Land”), from Old French.

Swedish

Noun

palmer
indefinite plural of palm

Latin

Verb

palmer
first-person singular present passive subjunctive of palmō

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

palmer f
(non-standard since 1959) indefinite plural of palme

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

palmer m
indefinite plural of palme

Popularity of the name Palmer

Number of PALMER births per year

Popularity of the name Palmer

Total births of Palmer by country

		Births with the first name Palmer
Country		Boys Girls
	United State of America 1880 - 2022	3,978 4,733
	Alberta 1980 - 2022	29 61
	Brazil 1930 - 2022	40 0
	United Kingdom 1996 - 2021	3 15
	Ontario 1913 - 2019	6 9
	British Columbia 1919 - 2022	0 5
	Quebec 1980 - 2022	4 1
	Germany 2000 - 2022	5 0
	Argentina 1922 - 2015	0 1
	Australia 1930 - 2022	1 0