How to say it
BROOKE
/brʊk/
Feminine
Brooke
Small stream
What it means
An English word name from brook, a small running stream.
Brooke is a nature-and-surname name from the English word brook, a small stream. The final e marks the feminine form, set apart from the surname Brooks. Brooke Shields made it a star name in the late 1970s and 1980s, and it has stayed crisp, clean, and a little preppy ever since. It pairs naturally with the other water-and-place names like Brooklyn.
Popularity over time
peaked at #43 in 2003, currently #313 in 2025.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, names given to at least 5 babies in a year, 1880–present. See where the names are moving
Heads-up notes
- Spelling
Brooke with an e is the feminine norm; Brook and Brooks lean masculine or surname.
Who's worn it
Historical figures, characters, and public faces who share the name. The cultural surface, for whatever weight you want to give it.
- Brooke Shields American actress and model
Spelling variants
- Brook
- Brooks
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