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Brook.

A habitational surname from Middle English for someone living by a brook.

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Meaning & usage

name/bɹʊk/Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/bɹɵk/British, Southern, Standard/bɾʊk/Wales/bɾʉk/Scotland

  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: A hamlet in Tedburn St Mary parish, Teignbridge district, Devon, divided into Higher and Lower Brook (OS grid ref SX8091).

  7. A number of places in England: A hamlet in Tavistock parish, West Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SX4772).

  8. A number of places in England: A hamlet in Bramshaw parish, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU2714).

  9. A number of places in England: A hamlet in King's Somborne parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU3428).

  10. A number of places in England: A village in Brighstone parish, Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ3983).

  11. A number of places in England: A village and civil parish in Ashford borough, Kent (OS grid ref TR0644).

  12. A number of places in England: A hamlet in Albury parish, Guildford borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ0646).

  13. A number of places in England: A hamlet in Witley parish, Waverley borough, Surrey (OS grid ref SU9338).

  14. A hamlet in Llanddowror community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN2609).

Where this word comes from

* 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”)).

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