Palmer Forename

67,782nd
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 8,600 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Palmer Forename Definition:

A Middle English name, meaning: Palm-bearing pilgrim to the Holy Land: a crusader.

Palmer Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
86%
 
5,7171:63,4143,283
Nigeria
91%
 
6571:270,26510,495
Ghana
100%
3371:80,0783,677
Togo-3301:21,9373,753
Belgium
100%
2161:53,1952,532
Indonesia-1531:1,686,03790,646
Zimbabwe
88%
 
1411:109,3897,783
Canada
100%
1341:247,2648,613
Philippines
95%
 
1301:815,45823,627
Norway
100%
1131:45,4191,953
Brazil
100%
951:2,255,11745,713
Peru
93%
 
911:349,3577,202
England
94%
 
651:855,43015,073
DR Congo
89%
 
621:1,190,76833,715
Solomon Islands
100%
511:11,3911,091
Australia-321:426,8017,298
Dominican Republic-311:336,49311,264
Papua New Guinea
94%
 
281:291,15423,707
South Africa
85%
 
231:2,370,98566,309
Uganda
 
92%
201:2,047,84626,620
China-171:80,356,22263,797
Cameroon
100%
161:1,350,65632,647
India
100%
121:101,239,8311,357,349
Kenya-121:3,858,92623,691
Denmark-71:807,07110,426
Sweden
100%
61:1,642,98427,315
Zambia-61:2,642,46623,928
Russia
100%
51:28,846,74173,146
Germany
85%
 
51:19,335,57551,270
Malaysia
100%
51:6,089,988140,568
Singapore-41:1,571,76418,508
Taiwan
100%
41:5,942,42087,370
Trinidad and Tobago-41:340,35515,394
Mexico
75%
 
41:31,036,10761,748
Spain-31:15,509,98821,126
Thailand
100%
31:23,355,271268,869
New Zealand-31:1,512,01511,267
Liberia
100%
31:1,470,68725,732
Colombia-31:15,926,30951,235
Croatia
100%
31:1,405,69211,430
Italy
83%
 
31:20,354,03045,650
Honduras-31:2,939,15620,066
Jamaica-21:1,441,61415,741
Afghanistan
100%
21:16,311,75848,279
Wales-21:1,547,15412,610
Congo
100%
21:2,504,60231,783
Netherlands
100%
21:8,451,04232,813
United Arab Emirates-11:7,151,99394,323
Ivory Coast
100%
11:23,075,933135,227
Cook Islands-11:18,1531,349
Switzerland-11:8,213,49636,387
Malawi
100%
11:17,112,31024,110
North Macedonia
100%
11:2,090,75715,787
British Virgin Islands-11:31,2501,787
Botswana
100%
11:2,184,44921,741
Argentina-11:42,773,24343,333
Cyprus
100%
11:871,0765,368
American Samoa-11:55,8453,376
United States Virgin Islands-11:109,7474,493
Venezuela-11:30,201,893231,239
Vietnam-11:92,623,11310,484
Ireland
100%
11:4,643,51913,375
Albania
100%
11:3,046,57049,159
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Czechia
100%
11:10,656,16211,509
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775
Scotland
50%
 
11:5,350,36624,769
Saint Lucia
100%
11:177,8158,104
Saint Kitts and Nevis-11:54,8612,604
Estonia-11:1,315,3808,883
Puerto Rico-11:3,550,30110,040
France
100%
11:66,470,34085,030
Georgia-11:3,738,46629,095
Guyana-11:763,26224,238
Micronesia-11:106,5001,462
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144
Nicaragua-11:6,018,33634,175
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Mozambique-11:27,243,3575,091

Palmer (362,907) may also be a surname.

Palmer Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Middle English name, meaning: Palm-bearing pilgrim to the Holy Land: a crusader.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Palmer Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Palmier9263/
Paulmer9220/
Palmere929/
Palmmer928/
Pallmer928/
Phalmer923/
Palmeir923/
Palmeer921/
Palmerz921/
Palmher921/
Palme91514/
Paulmier861/
Paulmert861/
Patlemer861/
Palmir83551/
Polmer83502/
Palmei83234/
Palmie8388/
Palmyr8329/
Palmet8316/
Palmes8316/
Paulme8313/
Palmea8313/
Palmeh837/
Paulmr837/
Palmed832/
Palmey831/
Phalme831/
Palmeriao801/
Palmyre77637/
Palmire77404/
Palmeet7710/
Phalmet775/
Pawelmr772/
Phelmer772/
Paulmie772/
Palmair772/
Palmesh772/
Polmmer771/
Payelmr771/
Paulomr771/
Paolimr771/
Paulmes771/
Palmirh771/
Palmirt771/
Pollmer771/
Polwmer771/
Plomeru771/
Palma7332,597/
Palmi73490/
Palmy73273/
Polme73113/
Palmj731/
Poulmere713/
Palmaire712/
Palmiyro711/
Plumerio711/
Palmhead711/
Palmeesh711/
Paulma6788/
Paulmi6771/
Palmis6759/
Paulmy6752/
Phalmi6745/
Palmit6725/
Palmai6724/
Polmet6717/
Phalma6715/
Poolme6715/
Palmoi6711/
Palmma6710/
Polmes6710/
Palmay678/
Pallma676/
Palmureya674/
Balumr673/
Pailma673/
Palmaa673/
Polmie673/
Pálmey673/
Polmee672/
Poulme672/
Palmoa672/
Palmmy672/
Pauloamar671/
Phalmy671/
Paulmj671/
Polmed671/
Polmir671/
Polmyr671/
P'alma671/
Pal'ma671/
Palmys671/
Polymr671/
Palomaria671/
Palmid671/
Palmio671/

Palmer Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Palmer in the Russian language
Палмерpalmer-

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