# Holbrook

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #37,491

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13. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From Old English hol (“hole; hollow, sunken”) + brōc (“stream, brook”).

## Easily confused with
- **Holyrood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holbrook-vs-holyrood)

## Common misspellings (12)
`hholbrook`, `hlobrook`, `hoblrook`, `holbbrook`, `holborok`, `holbrok`, `holbroko`, `holbrookk`, `holbrrook`, `hollbrook`, `holrbook`, `ohlbrook`

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