Brook Forename

32,131st
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 24,873 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Tuvalu

Brook Forename Definition:

A Teutonic name, meaning: [Dweller by the] running streamlet.

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Brook Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
 
69%
15,1641:23,9081,816
Ethiopia-7,1671:13,6121,914
Canada
 
98%
8411:39,3982,825
Australia-6341:21,5421,468
New Zealand-2851:15,9161,377
England
68%
 
2491:223,3056,325
China-1591:8,591,54659,514
Kenya-341:1,361,97419,737
Israel
69%
 
321:262,5917,098
Philippines
 
86%
261:4,077,28874,793
Germany
 
58%
241:4,028,24517,729
South Africa
78%
 
201:2,726,63272,557
Russia
100%
141:10,302,40738,919
Thailand
 
65%
141:5,004,70192,981
Sweden
83%
 
131:758,30116,746
Hong Kong-111:704,7934,980
Malaysia
86%
 
111:2,768,17673,791
Rwanda-91:1,263,4931,939
Samoa-91:21,688450
Brazil-81:26,779,519235,888
Netherlands
100%
81:2,112,76026,769
Scotland
 
75%
71:764,3388,248
Guyana-71:109,0378,020
Wales
 
67%
61:515,7186,554
France
100%
61:11,078,39032,981
Peru
100%
61:5,298,57637,737
Belgium
67%
 
61:1,915,00718,066
Taiwan
100%
51:4,753,93676,486
Norway-41:1,283,08216,224
Venezuela
100%
41:7,550,47390,577
Uganda
100%
41:10,239,23065,177
Nigeria
50%
 
41:44,391,090271,718
Sri Lanka-41:5,199,77210,550
Egypt
100%
41:22,975,23627,891
Switzerland-31:2,737,83221,065
Japan-31:42,662,01963,122
Spain-31:15,509,98821,126
South Korea-31:1,848,14023,578
Jamaica-31:961,07614,069
Cameroon-31:7,203,50173,722
Italy
 
80%
21:30,531,04557,596
Singapore-21:3,143,52727,876
Barbados-21:144,8942,643
Tanzania-21:26,394,16073,301
Finland
100%
21:2,741,59219,235
Austria-21:4,257,10013,469
Trinidad and Tobago-21:680,71023,658
Turkey-21:38,900,85464,839
Iceland-21:183,0085,215
Mexico
50%
 
21:62,072,21496,650
India
100%
21:607,438,9864,324,298
United Arab Emirates-21:3,575,99676,635
Vietnam-21:46,311,5567,272
Tuvalu-11:11,13189
Turks and Caicos Islands-11:34,7071,398
Armenia-11:2,918,75314,910
Argentina-11:42,773,24343,333
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Andorra-11:82,8871,356
Belarus
100%
11:9,482,38420,892
Sudan-11:37,806,97510,689
Botswana-11:2,184,44921,741
Afghanistan-11:32,623,51666,536
Congo
100%
11:5,009,20537,978
Ghana-11:26,986,21613,521
Iran-11:78,496,86865,150
Ireland
100%
11:4,643,51913,375
Kazakhstan
100%
11:17,746,84544,366
Indonesia-11:257,963,6681,335,696
Libya-11:6,221,3093,060
Mali-11:16,977,7558,714
Nepal-11:28,487,352119,417
Honduras-11:8,817,46733,018
Greece-11:10,934,54822,228
Costa Rica
100%
11:4,767,94827,206
Gabon
100%
11:1,883,3364,538
Poland
100%
11:38,027,1129,241
Estonia-11:1,315,3808,883
Eritrea-11:4,752,977997
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
11:111,5807,062
DR Congo
100%
11:73,827,605146,761
Czechia
50%
 
11:10,656,16211,509
Solomon Islands-11:580,9578,641

Brook (30,699) may also be a surname.

Brook Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Teutonic name, meaning: [Dweller by the] running streamlet.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

User-submitted Reference

A brook is a small stream. It refers to a small, stream-like body of water.

- brookeshanjs

Brook Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brooke91118,388/
Broock9116/
Brookh912/
Bhrook912/
Brookk912/
Hbrook911/
Brrook911/
Broojk911/
Brok89226/
Broocke836/
Bhrooke832/
Brookke832/
Brooksz831/
Broojke831/
Brrooke831/
Brock8025,465/
Broek80100/
Broke8065/
Broox8059/
Brouk8038/
Brokk8013/
Brooc802/
Brrok801/
B'Rok801/
Brocke7352/
Brouke7316/
Brouck7313/
Brroke7313/
Brokke7312/
Brojke731/
Broukk731/
Brokss731/
Brok's731/
Broyke731/
Bruk675,359/
Brak672,452/
Broc671,097/
Brog6716/
Brox6716/
Broucke6712/
Brooque676/
Vrok672/
Pbrk671/
B'Rouck671/
Broq671/

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