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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 ]
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]
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.
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 ...
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.
According to Walker, he played an important role in Nicaragua partly due to his ability to speak Spanish fluently. [103] Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.</ref> Some argue that Soulé played a role in convincing Walker to reinstate enslavement in Nicaragua and that Soulé was looking forward to growing cotton in Nicaragua. [104]
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