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🌙 Very RareBoy nameOld English

Booker

“Scribe, keeper of books”

2 syllables · 6 letters

About the name Booker

One extraordinary educator turned Booker into a name of aspiration for generations of Black American families. It has a jazz-club swing to it that few occupational surnames manage, and it is quietly overdue for rediscovery.

Booker is a boy name of Old English origin, pronounced BUUK-er. On the NameRarity scale it scores 84 out of 100, which places it in the very rare band — a genuinely uncommon pick — most people have never met anyone with this name. Its strongest period was the 1900s.

Associated with
studiousdeterminedsoulfulself-made

Name facts at a glance

Meaning
Scribe, keeper of books
Origin
Old English
Gender
Boy
Pronunciation
BUUK-er
Syllables
2
Letters
6
US rank
Outside top 1000
Peak era
1900s
Rarity
84 / 100
Per million
~4.4
Starts with
B
Numerology
3 · The Storyteller

How popular is Booker?

Popularity16/100
Rarity84/100

Booker currently falls outside the US top 1,000, which is a large part of why it scores so highly for rarity. Roughly 4.4 people per million carry it — about 1 in 227,273. In a school of 1,000 pupils you would expect not to find a single one.

Famous people named Booker

  • Booker T. Washington
    American educator and founder of Tuskegee Institute
  • Booker Ervin
    American hard bop tenor saxophonist

Spellings and variants of Booker

BookesBuker

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Booker — frequently asked questions

What does the name Booker mean?

Booker means "Scribe, keeper of books". It is a name of Old English origin, most often given to a boy.

How do you pronounce Booker?

Booker is pronounced BUUK-er, with 2 syllables.

How rare is the name Booker?

Booker scores 84 out of 100 on the NameRarity scale, which makes it very rare. Roughly 1 in every 227,273 people carry it — about 4.4 per million.

What is the numerology number for Booker?

Booker carries the expression number 3, known as The Storyteller. Its soul urge number is 8 and its personality number is 4.

What is the lucky number and lucky colour for Booker?

The lucky number for Booker is 3 (with 12, 21, 30 also favourable), and its lucky colour is Lilac Amethyst. The traditional lucky day is Thursday and the associated gemstone is Amethyst.