Brooke
Brooke is a girl name of English origin, meaning A small stream.
What Brooke means
A small stream.
Brooke sits at 6 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Brooke comes from
English names come from a long layering of Anglo-Saxon, Norman French, and biblical sources. Many began as surnames, place names, or occupations before they were ever used as first names.
Brooke is recorded as English in origin. Browse other English names.
How popular is Brooke?
Brooke sits outside the top 100 girl names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Brooke
We group Brooke under water and the sea and the natural world — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Brooke
These share Brooke's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Marlowe — From the hill by the lake.
- Oaklynn — From the oak meadow pool.
- Beckett — Dweller by the brook.
- Lake — A still body of water.
- Reed — Red-haired; the riverside reed.
- River — A flowing body of water.
- Wells — From the springs.
- Clodagh — Named for an Irish river.
- Eira — Snow.
- Rocio — Dew; Our Lady of the Dew.
- Douglas — From the dark river.
- Lachlan — From the land of lakes.
More English names
- Bronx — From the New York borough.
- Brooklyn — From the borough; broken land.
- Bristol — From the bridge by the meeting place.
- Bryony — To sprout; a climbing vine.
- Briar — A wild, thorny rose bush.
- Camden — Winding valley.
- Brayden — Broad meadow; brave.
- Canyon — A deep gorge in the earth.
- Bradley — Broad meadow.
- Carter — One who transports goods.