Entry № 1257 · English origin

Banks Banks — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

Gender
Girl
Origin
English
Meaning
"Riverbank dweller (Tyra Banks + Banks the singer)"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Medieval (English)

A name that means "riverbank dweller (tyra banks + banks the singer)".

Banks is from the Old English banke (riverbank, slope) — a surname-to-given-name in modern American naming. Jeffrey Banks — American fashion designer. Banks Repeta — American child actor. Banks also recalls Mary Poppins (Mr. Banks the patriarch).

Riverbank dweller (Tyra Banks + Banks the singer) — a English name.

The name in its native script.

Banks
Transliteration
Banks
Pronunciation
/ bæŋks /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Banks stands.

Banks does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Bankss before her.

Real people
Tyra Banks
American supermodel and TV host.
born 1973
Banks (Jillian Banks)
American alt-pop singer.
born 1988
In fiction
Banks
Modern American surname-naming.

Names connected to Banks.

The number behind Banks.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Banks reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.