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Brookins

Brookins proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Brookins (plural Brookinses)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Brookins

pluralBrookinses
alternative formBrookens
alternative formBrooking
alternative formBrookings

Origin of Brookins

A topographic surname for someone who lived by a stream, from a derivative of Old English brōc (“stream, brook”).

Questions about Brookins

What does Brookins mean?
Brookins means a surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Brookins?
Brookins is a proper noun.

Words near Brookins in the dictionary

  1. brookinaw
  2. brooking
  3. Brookings
  4. Brookings County
  5. Brookings effect
  6. Brookins
  7. Brookinses
  8. brookite
  9. brookites
  10. Brooklana
  11. Brookland

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