Girl · Old English
Brooke
Say it: BRUUK
Meaning
From an English surname for someone living by a brook, Old English brōc 'stream'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A surname turned girls' name in the mid-20th century, popular in the US from the 1980s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1990s
In the United States
- 195,110 babies given this name since 1914
- At its height in 1996, about 1 in 261 girls
- 1,252 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Brook
Famous bearers
- Brooke Shields, American actress
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Where this comes from
- English poll taxes and lay subsidy rolls (13th and 14th centuries)
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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