How do you pronounce Brooklyn?

Brooklyn is pronounced BROOK-lin.

What is the origin of Brooklyn?

Brooklyn is of Dutch origin, from American culture.

Gender-neutral name Dutch origin

Brooklyn

BROOK-lin · 8 letters · 2 syllables

What it means

Broken land; from the borough

Language

Dutch

Culture

American

Religion

Secular

Style era

modern

Themes

place

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Popularity over time

2024 rank#—

2024 births2,549

Peak year2011

First appeared1972

Total US births124,665

Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames

BrookBrooky

Alternate spellings

BrooklynneBrooklynn

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