# Brinkley

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #36,464

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
"Brynca's wood or clearing", from Old English personal name *Brynca + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

## Easily confused with
- **briskly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brinkley-vs-briskly)
- **Bingley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bingley-vs-brinkley)
- **Brantley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brantley-vs-brinkley)

## Common misspellings (13)
`bbrinkley`, `birnkley`, `briknley`, `brinkely`, `brinkkley`, `brinkleyy`, `brinklley`, `brinklye`, `brinlkey`, `brinnkley`, `brnikley`, `brrinkley`, `rbinkley`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/brinkley