Brook

== English == === Alternative forms === Brooke Brooks === Etymology === 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”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɹʊk/, enPR: brŏŏk (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA(key): /bɹʉk/ Rhymes: -ʊk === Proper noun === Brook A habitational surname from Middle English for someone living by a brook. A surname from Hebrew, a transliteration and normalization of Hebrew ברך (barúkh, “blessed”). A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Brooks. A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage, variant of Brooke. A town in Newton County, Indiana, United States. 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). A hamlet in Tavistock parish, West Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SX4772). A hamlet in Bramshaw parish, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU2714). A hamlet in King's Somborne parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU3428). A village in Brighstone parish, Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ3983). A village and civil parish in Ashford borough, Kent (OS grid ref TR0644). A hamlet in Albury parish, Guildford borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ0646). A hamlet in Witley parish, Waverley borough, Surrey (OS grid ref SU9338). A hamlet in Llanddowror community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN2609). === References === === Anagrams === Borko, Borok, bokor, obrok == German Low German == === Etymology === From Middle Low German brôk, from Old Saxon *brōk, from Proto-West Germanic *brōk. === Noun === Brook m or n (plural Broken) A marsh; swamp