Meaning & Origin
A surname originating as an occupation for either a scribe or bookbinder, or a bleacher of cloth.
Booker is a boy's and girl's baby name of Old English origin, from the occupational surname meaning 'scribe, bookbinder' or 'one who works with books,' from the Old English bōcere (scribe, one who writes in books).
Booker T. Washington — the educator, author, and political leader who emerged from slavery to become one of the most influential Americans of the late 19th and early 20th centuries — is the name's defining bearer. U.S. Senator Cory Booker has carried it into contemporary political prominence. A name with genuine intellectual heritage and civil rights significance.