Proper noun

2. transferred from the surname, fairly popular since the 1970s.

Quotations

• 1993 Jonathan Kellerman, Devil's Waltz, Random House 1998, ISBN 0345460715, page 85

  "Cassie B.," I said. "What does the B. stand for?"

  "Brooks - that was my maiden name. It's sort of a tribute to Aunt Harriet. It's not exactly feminine, I guess. Brooke with an e would have been more of a girl's name. Like Brooke Shields. But I wanted to remember Aunt Harriet."