About the name Booker

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If you like the name Booker, find out the meaning, origin, nicknames, variations and other information to help you decide if you want to use this first name for your baby.

Name meaning, variations & etymology

Booker is an old English name, being derived from the older French form le Bocher, meaning butcher
The name Bowker is a variation of this name, with the same source
Famous for educator and presidential advisor Booker T. Washington
Commonly used as a last name
Known for The Booker Prize, a leading literary award in the English-speaking world

origin/Nationality

English

Also check out these name groups

English baby boy names, French baby boy names, Names that start with B

baby Name length

6 letters (popular name length)

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