Palmer as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Palmer

What is the meaning of the name Palmer ?

The baby name Palmer is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced US: /ˈpæl.mər/ (PAL-mer); UK: /ˈpɑːl.mər/ (PAHL-mer).

Palmer is English in Origin.

Palmer is an English surname-turned-given name rooted in Middle English palmer, from Anglo-Norman/Old French palmer and Medieval Latin palmarius, ultimately from Latin palma “palm (branch).” In medieval Europe a palmer was a pilgrim to the Holy Land who carried a palm frond home as proof of the journey, so the name conveys “pilgrim” or “palm-bearer,” with undertones of devotion and travel.

As a byname it appears in English records from the 12th–13th centuries and later settled as a common surname; its use as a given name emerged in the 19th century and has risen again in the modern wave of occupational and -er names. Traditionally masculine, Palmer now reads as a balanced unisex choice in the United States. Variants and cognate surnames include Parmer, Palmero (Spanish), Palmier (French), Palmieri/Palmiero (Italian), and the feminine-related Palmira; nicknames include Palm and Pal.