Brooklyn

Brooklyn: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “brook land”
Origin: English
Say it: BROOK-lin · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

Taken from the New York place name, itself from Dutch Breukelen, but reinterpreted in English by association with brook and -lyn/-land sounds. As a first name, it is mainly modern and place-inspired.

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How popular is Brooklyn?

2024766 per million US babies

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Babies named Brooklyn in 20242,549

2024 rank#108 girls

Peak year2011

Total US babies since 1880124,665

Brooklyn is fading: recent use is about 53% of its level ten years before.

Names like Brooklyn

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Brooklynnmodern spelling of Brooklyn · American (modern coinage)
Oliviaolive tree · English
Evelyndesired; little bird · English
Harperharp player · English
Violetviolet flower · English
Hazelhazel tree · English
Ellieshort form of names ending in -el or -ella · English
Lilylily flower · English

Brooklyn questions

What does the name Brooklyn mean?

Brooklyn means "brook land". It comes from English. Taken from the New York place name, itself from Dutch Breukelen, but reinterpreted in English by association with brook and -lyn/-land sounds. As a first name, it is mainly modern and place-inspired.

Is Brooklyn a boy or girl name?

Brooklyn is mainly a girl's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Brooklyn?

2,549 US babies were named Brooklyn in 2024. Its peak year was 2011.

How do you pronounce Brooklyn?

Brooklyn is usually pronounced BROOK-lin.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.