Brookston

A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning settlement by a stream.

Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Brookston by the numbers

Brookston was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Brocktonbadger settlement or badger enclosure12 in the US (2017)
  • Breckston5 in the US (2017)
  • Brooklynbroken land; a new york borough5,239 in the US (2017)
  • Bankstonsettlement on a bank or slope9 in the US (2017)
  • Broughtonsettlement by a brook6 in the US (2017)
  • Braxston14 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean water

Like Brookston, each of these has water in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Maxwellgreat spring; place name3,118 in the US (2017)
  • Riverflowing water; nature name3,114 in the US (2017)
  • Brooksof the small stream1,938 in the US (2017)
  • Beckettbee keeper or stream; a surname used as a given name1,763 in the US (2017)
  • Beckhamhomestead with a stream1,280 in the US (2017)
  • Wadeto go or ford across water899 in the US (2017)

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