Park

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Пак in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, KG Kyrgyzstan and 2 more, Pak in NL Netherlands, DE Germany, MY Malaysia and 2 more, 박 in KR South Korea and Паук in UA Ukraine.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Park is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name57K records spelled Park2 spellings in the group

  Also written Párk

• Portuguese name14K records spelled Park6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Portugal, United Kingdom

  Also written Pãrk, Pârk, Päṝk, Pàrk, Pärk

• French surname13K records spelled Park21 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Canada, Gabon, France

  Also written Pàrk, Pãrk, Pârk, Pàŕķ, Pảrk

• Polish surname9.4K records spelled Park38 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, United Kingdom, United States, Montenegro

  Languages: Polish, Croatian, Serbian

  Also written Parke, Parč, Parka, Holice, Парка

• Indonesian name5.2K records spelled Park3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia

  Also written Pâřķ, Pärk

78 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Park is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Korean, Park Chung Hee, South Korean president; referred to by surname only in the passage.

  as a name·Korea - A Historical and Cultural Dictionary

• In English, An area of land set aside for environment preservation or recreation.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In dsb, park (piece of ground, in or near a city or town, enclosed and kept for ornament and recreation)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Norwegian Bokmål, a park (preserved green open space, usually open to the public)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Polish, park (ground for recreation in a city or town)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 134 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Park Chung-heeb. 1917KR3rd President of the Republic of Korea
• Park Geun-hyeb. 1952KRPresident of South Korea from 2013 to 2017
• Nick Parkb. 1958GBBritish animator and filmmaker (born 1958)
• Psyb. 1977KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean singer (born 1977)
• Park Ji-Sungb. 1981KRSouth Korean association football player
• Park Hae-soob. 1981KRSouth Korean actor
• Alexandra Parkb. 1989AUAustralian actress (born 1989)
• Park Bo-gumb. 1990KRSouth Korean actor, singer, and musician
• Ashley Parkb. 1991USAmerican actress
• Park Chanyeolb. 1992KRSouth Korean rapper, singer, actor, model, mc, composer, producer, songwriter.

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 267 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Park?

We estimate roughly 4.3 million people bear Park (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Park have the most bearers?

We estimate about 4.2 million people bear Park in South Korea, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled 박.

Where is Park most common?

Park is densest in South Korea, where the national register counts about 1 in 12 people carrying it.

How common is Park compared with other names?

In South Korea, Park is the 3rd most common surname of 14,083 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Park mean?

Recorded meaning: person employed in or living in a park; or from a medieval pet-form of Peter; or a different form of Pak.