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Meaning/Origin Edit. The surname Walker is of English or Scottish origin. It comes from the profession of woollen clothmaking called fulling or walking (waulking in Scotland). It involves the cleansing of cloth (particularly wool) to get rid of oils and other impurities and to thicken the fibres. The worker who does the job is a fuller, tucker or walker. In Swiss-German, it is synonymous with Muller, which translates to miller.
Walker /walk-er/ [2 sylls.] as a boys' name (also used less widely as girls' name Walker) is pronounced WAHL-ker. It is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Walker is cloth washer or walker. Occupational name: in the medieval era, workers trod on the wool to cleanse of impurities. Also possibly wall swamp, referring to the location of a family homestead near a swamp and a city wall. Author Walker Percy; photographer Walker Evans.