Brooklen

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 13 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
13
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Brooklen by the numbers

Brooklen was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 19 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Brooklen

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Brooklen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Brooklynbroken land; a new york borough5,239 in the US (2017)
  • Brooklina respelling of Brooklyn; from English place name meaning badger stream34 in the US (2017)
  • Brookleybrook meadow; a form of Brooklee9 in the US (2017)
  • Brookleebrook meadow; modern feminine blend7 in the US (2017)
  • Brookesmall stream1,616 in the US (2017)
  • Brooklynnbroken land; a variant spelling of Brooklyn1,410 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Brooklen

Names that are said the same way as Brooklen, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Brooklynnebrook in the land; variant spelling of Brooklyn41 in the US (2017)
  • Brooklinnsmall stream; a form of Brooklyn12 in the US (2017)
  • Brooklynesmall stream; a form of Brooklyn12 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Brooklen

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