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Walker is an occupational male given name, deriving from the English term for "cloth washer". [1] It has recently increased in use for boys in the United States due to the influence of the American CW Network television series Walker, a reboot of the 1993-2001 television series Walker, Texas Ranger. [2]
Joaquín Garrigues Walker (30 September 1933 – 28 July 1980) was a Spanish politician from the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) who served as Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister, without portfolio from April 1979 to May 1980 and previously as Minister of Public Works and Urbanism from July 1977 to April 1979.
Walker is an English and Scottish surname.. With over 150,000 bearers in England in 2014, Walker was the 14th most common surname in that country. [1] As of the 2000 U.S. Census, 501,307 people had the surname Walker, making it the 28th most common surname in America. [2]
Spanish race walker Laura García-Caro cut a dismayed figure at the end of the 20-kilometer race at the European Athletics Championships as she narrowly missed out on a bronze medal having ...
4. Francisco. The name Francisco means “Frenchman” or “free man.”It is the Spanish cognate of the name Francis. Babies named Francisco are often nicknamed Frank, Frankie, Paco, Paquito ...
William Walker (May 8, 1824 – September 12, 1860) was an American physician, lawyer, journalist, and mercenary.In the era of the expansion of the United States, driven by the doctrine of "manifest destiny", Walker organized unauthorized military expeditions into Mexico and Central America with the intention of establishing colonies.
Many Catalan names are shortened to hypocoristic forms using only the final portion of the name (unlike Spanish, which mostly uses only the first portion of the name), and with a diminutive suffix (-et, -eta/-ita). Thus, shortened Catalan names taking the first portion of the name are probably influenced by the Spanish tradition.
Walker Brodsky, a recurring character and young artist from Disney Channel series Andi Mack; Mr. Walker (for "Ghost who walks"), name used by The Phantom when in Western society; Walker, enforcer of the status quo and character in Simon R. Green's Nightside (book series) Walker, the name for the type of zombies in The Walking Dead