Palmer is a ♀ girl name and a ♂ boy name. That makes Palmer one of the gender-neutral unisex names.
The given name Palmer derives from the Old English surname of the same name.
Palmer means “pilgrim”, but as well “she/he who holds the palm” (from Latin “palma” = palm tree), because pilgrims to the Holy Land often carried back palm leaves to signify the journey.
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