The story
- Old English · derived frombrōc“stream, brook”
- English todayBrookins
A topographic surname for someone who lived by a stream, from a derivative of Old English brōc (“stream, brook”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishbrōc all →
brookbrockBrookfieldBrockleyBrooklandGlazebrookFulbeck
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.