Brooklin
A girls’ name of Modern American origin, meaning a respelling of Brooklyn; from English place name meaning badger stream.
Babies a year
34
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Brooklin by the numbers
Brooklin was given to 34 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 135 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Brooklin. 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)
- Brooklinnsmall stream; a form of Brooklyn12 in the US (2017)
- Brooklen13 in the US (2017)
- Brooklynnbroken land; a variant spelling of Brooklyn1,410 in the US (2017)
- Brookelynfrom broken land; a respelling of Brooklyn46 in the US (2017)
- Brooklynesmall stream; a form of Brooklyn12 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Brooklin
Names that are said the same way as Brooklin, 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)
Other names that mean water
Like Brooklin, each of these has water in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Mayaillusion; mother; water1,259 in England and Wales (2025)
- Riverflowing water; nature name3,114 in the US (2017)
- Brookesmall stream1,616 in the US (2017)
- Taliagod's dew; form of Thalia or Natalia260 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kendraclear water; from a place name734 in the US (2017)
- Rosemarydew of the sea; the herb rosemary687 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Brooklin
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