Where does the last name Parks and the middle name Eileen come from?

That is my last name. I haven't been adopted by my stepfather yet so i still go by my biological fathers last name. And Eileen is both me and my mothers middle name.

Where does the last name Parks and the middle name Eileen come from?
Parks Name Meaning and History





English: patronymic from Park 2.





("patronymic" means it started out "Parkson" or "Son of Park" and shortened to "Parks". "Jones" started out "son of John" and "Simons" started out "Son of Simon".





Park Name Meaning and History





1) English and Scottish: from Middle English, Old French parc 鈥榩ark鈥? a metonymic occupational name for someone employed in a park or a topographic name for someone who lived in or near a park. In the Middle Ages a park was a large enclosed area where the landowner could hunt game.





2) English and Scottish: from a medieval pet form of the personal name Peter. Compare Parkin.





Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4





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Eileen





Irish and English: Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Eibhl铆n or Aibhilin, derived from Norman-French Aveline. The combination bh is normally pronounced as v, but sometimes dropped, as reflected in the Anglicized spelling. This name became tremendously popular in the early part of the 20th century, but the reasons for this sudden rise in favour are not known. Variant: Aileen (esp. Scottish).