Definition
A surname and place name, literally meaning 'brook in a hollow' or 'stream in a valley'.
Etymology
From Old English hol meaning 'hollow, cavity' + broc meaning 'brook, stream'. Common as both a surname and place name throughout England and former British colonies.
Kelly Says
Holbrook exemplifies how English surnames often preserved ancient landscape descriptions, serving as linguistic fossils of medieval geography. Many people named Holbrook today carry the memory of an ancestor who lived by a stream in a valley, even if they've never seen that original waterway.
Translations
ARالعربية
هولبروك
houl-brook
BNবাংলা
হোলব্রুক
hol-brook
CACatalà
Holbrook
hol-brook
CSČeština
Holbrook
hol-brook
DADansk
Holbrook
hol-brook
DEDeutsch
Holbrook
hoʊl-brʊk
ELΕλληνικά
Χολμπρούκ
hol-brook
ESEspañol
Holbrook
hoʊl-brʊk
FAفارسی
هولبروک
hol-brook
FISuomi
Holbrook
hol-brook
FRFrançais
Holbrook
hol-brook
HEעברית
הולברוק
hol-brook
HIहिन्दी
होलब्रुक
hol-brook
HUMagyar
Holbrook
hol-brook
IDBahasa Indonesia
Holbrook
hol-brook
ITItaliano
Holbrook
hol-brook
JA日本語
ホルクブック
horuku bukku
MSBahasa Melayu
Holbrook
hol-brook
MYမြန်မာ
ဟိုလ်ဘရူပ်
hol-bruuk
NLNederlands
Holbrook
hol-brook
NONorsk
Holbrook
hol-brook
PLPolski
Holbrook
hol-brook
PTPortuguês
Holbrook
hol-brook
RORomână
Holbrook
hol-brook
RUРусский
Холбрук
hol-brook
SVSvenska
Holbrook
hol-brook
SWKiswahili
Holbrook
hol-brook
TAதமிழ்
ஹோல்பிரூக்
hol-brook
TEతెలుగు
హోల్బ్రూక్
hol-brook
TRTürkçe
Holbrook
hol-brook
UKУкраїнська
Холбрук
hol-brook
VITiếng Việt
Holbrook
hol-brook