Brooke
/brʊk/noun
A surname and given name, originally from a place near a brook or stream.
Did you know?Brooke is an established English surname and given name tied to Old English *brōc* “brook, stream,” not a mystical term, though water-names were often used to identify people by the landscape they lived beside.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
brōc
“brook, stream”
Middle English
ME
broke / brook
“a stream or small watercourse”
Late Middle English
English
atte Broke
“a locative surname meaning “at the brook””
Modern English
English
Brooke
“a surname and given name”