Given name & surname
Brookes
“from the running stream”
Brookes is a variant of Brooks. One English interpretation is “from the running stream.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Brookes is a variant of Brooks. One English interpretation is “from the running stream.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Brookes is a variant of Brooks. An origin associated with Brooks is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Brookes through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 152
- 108 boys · 44 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 27 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 285 as a first name in 2020; 2,183 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Brookes’s family of names
Brookes has a related form in Brooks.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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