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Girl · Dutch place name
Brooklynn
Say it: BRUUK-lin
Meaning
A spelling of Brooklyn, the New York borough, named after the Dutch village of Breukelen, whose name is usually linked to marshy land.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
A 1990s and 2000s American coinage from the place name.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2010s
In the United States
- 34,085 babies given this name since 1975
- At its height in 2011, about 1 in 729 girls
- 1,156 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Brooklyn, Brooklin
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Where this comes from
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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