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[ 2 syll. boo-ker, bo-ok-er ] The baby boy name Booker is pronounced as BUW-K-er †. Booker is largely used in English and it is derived from Old English origins. The meaning of Booker is scribe or bookbinder.
Bookar, Bookir, Bookor, Books, Bookur, and Bookyr are variant transcriptions of Booker.
The shortening Book, and the familiar forms Booki, Bookie, and Booky are other variants of the name.
See also the related category scribe.
Booker is uncommon as a baby boy name. At the modest height of its usage in 1910, 0.076% of baby boys were named Booker. It was #177 in rank then. The baby name has seen a marked fall in popularity since then, and is now of irregular use. Within all boy names in its family, Booker was nevertheless the most frequently used in 2018.
Baby names that sound like Booker include Baakier, Bachir, Badger, Badgur, Badgyr, Baiker, Bakar, Bakare, Baker, Bakir, Bakker, Bakor, Bakr, Bakyr, Baqeer, Baqeir, Baqer, Baqyr, Basear, and Baseer.
† Pronunciation for Booker: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)"
A famous person named Booker is Educator, Booker T. Washington, born 5 April 1856 - 14 November 1915, Franklin County, Virginia.