Meaning and Origin of: Brook

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Stream

Girl name variations

Brooke
Brooks
Brookes
Brookie
Burne
Bhrooke
Brookee
Brookelle
Brookia

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Stream; brook

Boy name variations

Brooke
Brooks
Brookes
Brooc
Brooker
Brookin

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : topographic name for someone who lived by a brook or stream, from Middle Englisk brook, Old English brōc ‘brook’, ‘stream’.
  • North German and Dutch : topographic name for someone who lived by a water meadow or marsh, from Low German brook, Dutch broek (cognate with German Bruch and Old English brōc; see 1).
  • Americanized spelling of German and Jewish Bruck or German Bruch.