Brooklyn - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Brooklyn \b-rookl-yn, bro(ok)-lyn\ is a variant of Brooke (Old English, Old German), and the meaning of Brooklyn is "water, small stream".

The baby name Brooklyn sounds like Brooklynn and Brooklynne. Other similar baby names are Breelyn and Brookelle.

Brooklyn is an uncommon first name for women but a somewhat common last name for both men and women (#87317 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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