Brook

See also: brook

English

Alternative forms

• Brooke
• Brooks

Etymology

• As an English surname, from the noun brook.
• As a north German surname, from Low German Brook (“swamp, marsh”), related to the above.
• As a Dutch surname, Americanized from Broek, from broek, also related to the above.
• As a Jewish and German surname, Americanized from Bruck, Bruch (from Bruch (“wetland, marsh”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɹʊk/, enPR: brŏŏk

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• (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA^(key): /bɹʉk/
• Rhymes: -ʊk

Proper noun

Brook

1. A habitational surname from Middle English for someone living by a brook.
2. A surname from Hebrew, a transliteration and normalization of Hebrew ברך (barúkh, “blessed”).
3. A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Brooks.
4. A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage, variant of Brooke.
5. A town in Newton County, Indiana, United States.
6. A number of places in England:
   1. A hamlet in Bramshaw parish, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU2714).
   2. A village in Brighstone parish, Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ3983).
   3. A village and civil parish in Ashford borough, Kent (OS grid ref TR0644).
   4. A hamlet in Albury parish, Guildford borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ0646).
   5. A hamlet in Witley parish, Waverley borough, Surrey (OS grid ref SU9338).
7. A hamlet in Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN2609)

Anagrams

• Borko, Borok, bokor, obrok

German Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German brôk, from Old Saxon *brōk, from Proto-West Germanic *brōk.

Noun

Brook m or n (plural Broken)

1. A marsh; swamp