# Brooke

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /bɹʊk/ · frequency rank #10,171

## Definitions
1. A surname from Middle English.
2. A female given name transferred from the surname, fairly popular since the 1970s. it was further popularized by Brooke Shields in the 80s.
3. A village and civil parish (without a council) in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK8405).

## Etymology
A topographic surname for someone who lived near a brook.

## Easily confused with
- **broom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brooke-vs-broom)
- **brooks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brooke-vs-brooks)
- **browse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brooke-vs-browse)
- **book** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/book-vs-brooke)
- **books** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/books-vs-brooke)
- **broke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broke-vs-brooke)
- **brake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brake-vs-brooke)
- **brook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brook-vs-brooke)
- **Brock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brock-vs-brooke)
- **booze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booze-vs-brooke)
- **bloke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bloke-vs-brooke)
- **Boone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boone-vs-brooke)
- **brood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brood-vs-brooke)
- **broken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broken-vs-brooke)
- **bronze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bronze-vs-brooke)
- **booked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booked-vs-brooke)
- **broker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broker-vs-brooke)
- **booker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/booker-vs-brooke)
- **brodie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brodie-vs-brooke)
- **brooch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brooch-vs-brooke)

## Common misspellings (7)
`bbrooke`, `boroke`, `brokoe`, `brooek`, `brookke`, `brrooke`, `rbooke`

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