# Brinkman

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #79,339

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch Brinkman or a variant of German Brinkmann. Either way, equivalent to brink ("edge, border") + man ("person, human; male human").

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