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Brookes

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Pronounced BRUUKS /ˈbrʊks/Medium

Meaning: Brookes is an English surname, a plural or possessive form of Brook and Brooke, from the Old English broc, 'brook, stream.' It marked a family living beside a small watercourse, and like Brooks it has been passed on as a given name for boys.Low

In 30 seconds: Brookes is an English surname from Brook, for someone by a stream. Given as a boy's name, it stayed rare and peaked around 1982 (said BRUUKS).
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Origin LowEnglish
MeaningBrookes is an English surname, a plural or possessive form of Brook and Brooke, from the Old English broc, 'brook, stream.' It marked a family living beside a small watercourse, and like Brooks it has been passed on as a given name for boys.
U.S. rank (2023)#12518 ↘ Falling
2023 U.S. births5 boys (0.00% of U.S. boys)
Peak year1982
Total births (all-time)≈ 108

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

peak 198219792023

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Brookes is a transferred English surname, built on the Old English broc, 'brook,' with the added -es of a family that lived by the water. It runs alongside Brooks and Brook, and it followed the modern American taste for tidy nature-surnames used as first names. The name carries a settled, outdoorsy feel rather than a personal meaning.

Brookes was always rare as a boy's given name, given to only about twenty a year at its peak around 1982, and it turned up only thinly across the decades. A boy named Brookes then is in his mid-forties today.

Did you know? Brookes sits beside the more common surname-name Brooks, and both come straight from the Old English word for a brook or small stream.
Overall data confidence 40%
References - Brookes — English surname from Brook/Brooke; Old English broc 'stream'

Variations

BrooksBrookBrooke

Nicknames

BrookBrookie

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Brooks— the close cousin form of the same surname
Brock— a like brisk one-beat boy's name
Banks— another nature-surname used as a first name
Reed— a similar tidy English word-name

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Brookes mean?

It is an English surname from Brook, from the Old English for a brook or small stream.

How do you pronounce Brookes?

It is said BRUUKS /ˈbrʊks/, one syllable, the same sound as Brooks.

Is Brookes a boy or girl name?

In these records Brookes is used as a boy's name, though Brooke is common for girls.

How popular is Brookes?

It has always been rare, given to only about twenty boys a year at its peak in the early nineteen-eighties.

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