Brooke (name)
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The unisex name Brooke is a common female given name, also used as a surname
. Other forms of Brooke include Brook
. It's meaning is "a brook or a stream."
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
. Other forms of Brooke include Brook
Brook
-Places:*In the United Kingdom:**Brook, New Forest, Hampshire**Brook, Test Valley, Hampshire**Brook, Isle of Wight**Brook, Kent**Brook, Surrey**Brook, Carmarthenshire*In the United States:**Brook, Indiana-People:...
. It's meaning is "a brook or a stream."
People with the first name Brooke
Brooke is a given name. It is a variant of the name Brook. People with this name include:- Brooke AdamsBrooke Adams (model)Brooke Nichole Adams is an American model, dancer, and professional wrestler, currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Brooke Tessmacher. She previously worked for World Wrestling Entertainment appearing with Kelly Kelly and Layla in the dance group Extreme Exposé...
, model and alumna of World Wrestling Entertainment - Brooke Adams, American actress
- Brooke AlexanderBrooke AlexanderBrooke Alexander is an American actress. She is best known for her role as con-artist Samantha Markham on As the World Turns .Alexander was born in Kailua, Oahu, Hawaii. She attended college at UCLA....
, American actress - Brooke AllisonBrooke AllisonBrooke Adams is a pop singer from Fort Worth, Texas who had a minor hit in 2001 with "The Kiss-Off ". She is currently working with the other members of new girl group The Beach Girl5 to release their first singles and album....
, American singer - Brooke AndersonBrooke AndersonBrooke Victoria Anderson is co-host of The Insider. Previously, she was a culture and entertainment anchor and producer for CNN and served as co-host for Showbiz Tonight on HLN. Based in CNN's Los Angeles, California bureau, Anderson joined the network in July 2000.Anderson graduated in 2000 with...
, CNN news anchor - Brooke Armstrong, fictional character from Melrose Place
- Brooke AshleyBrooke AshleyBrooke Ashley is the stage name of a pornographic film actress.Ashley left the industry after finding out on March 29, 1998 that she was HIV positive...
, Korean-American porn actress - Brooke AstorBrooke AstorRoberta Brooke Astor was an American philanthropist and socialite who was the chairwoman of the Vincent Astor Foundation, which had been established by her third husband, Vincent Astor, son of John Jacob Astor IV and great-great grandson of America's first multi-millionaire, John Jacob...
(1902-2007), socialite and philanthropist - Brooke Benjamin (1929-1995), English mathematical physicist and mathematician
- Brooke BennettBrooke BennettBrooke Marie Bennett is an American swimmer and triple Olympic champion.-1996 Summer Olympics:Bennett’s first gold medal came in the 800 meter freestyle race at the 1996 Summer Olympics...
, American swimmer - Brooke BundyBrooke BundyBrooke Bundy is an American actress who has appeared in a number of films and television shows.-Movie:She is perhaps best known for her role as Elaine Parker in the 1987 hit horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors and its sequel, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master...
, American actress - Brooke BurkeBrooke BurkeBrooke Burke Charvet , better known by her maiden name, Brooke Burke, is an actress, dancer, model and television personality...
, TV hostess and model - Brooke BurnsBrooke BurnsBrooke Elizabeth Burns is an American actress and former fashion model. She began her career on the popular TV series Baywatch and Baywatch Hawaii.-Early life:...
, model - Brooke CastileBrooke CastileBrooke Castile is an American pair skater. She is best known for her partnership with Benjamin Okolski. They are the 2007 U.S. National Champions. They announced their retirement from competitive skating in May 2010....
, American pairs figure skater - Brooke DavisBrooke DavisBrooke Penelope Baker is a fictional character on The CW television series One Tree Hill, portrayed by Sophia Bush. Throughout her experiences, Brooke grows from a wild and generally carefree girl to a more mature and grounded young woman...
, a fictional character in the CW television series One Tree Hill - Brooke FraserBrooke FraserBrooke Gabrielle Fraser Ligertwood, better known as Brooke Fraser is a New Zealand award-winning folk-pop and Christian music artist...
, New Zealand singer/songwriter - Brooke HansonBrooke HansonBrooke Louise Hanson OAM is a former Australian swimmer.A swimmer since the age of four, Hanson was the youngest swimmer on the Australian national team at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, where she finished fourth in the 200 m breaststroke...
, Australian swimmer - Brooke HavenBrooke Haven__notoc__Brooke Haven is an American pornographic actress.Haven grew up in Sonora, California and lived there until she turned 19, when she moved to San Francisco to start working as a stripper. She worked at a club called Deja Vu for three and a half years...
, pornographic actress - Brooke HoganBrooke HoganBrooke Ellen Bollea , better known by her stage name Brooke Hogan, is an American singer, actress, model, socialite, and television personality, and the oldest child of professional wrestler Hulk Hogan . She appeared on the reality-television series Hogan Knows Best, which focused on her family,...
, singer and daughter of professional wrestler Hulk Hogan - Brooke KinsellaBrooke KinsellaBrooke Kinsella, MBE is an English actress and author. A graduate of the Anna Scher Theatre School, Kinsella has been acting since childhood. She has had various roles on television and in film...
(born 1983), British actress - Brooke Krueger-BillettBrooke Krueger-BillettBrooke Krueger-Billett is a female hammer thrower from Australia.She finished fourth at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, won the gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and finished seventh at the 2006 IAAF World Cup...
, Australian hammer thrower - Brooke LoganBrooke LoganBrooke Logan Forrester is a fictional character from the CBS Daytime soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful. She has been portrayed by Katherine Kelly Lang since the series debuted in March 1987, although Catherine Hickland and Sandra Ferguson briefly filled in on two occasions when Lang was on...
, a fictional character in the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful - Brooke MorrisonBrooke MorrisonBrooke Morrison is a retired female field hockey striker from Australia. She made her debut for the Australian women's national team during the 1998 season following an impressive season with the Australian U21 team at the 1997 Junior World Cup...
(born 1979), Australian field hockey striker - Brooke Richards, model
- Brooke ShieldsBrooke ShieldsBrooke Christa Shields is an American actress and model. Some of her better-known movies include Pretty Baby and The Blue Lagoon, as well as TV shows such as Suddenly Susan, That '70s Show and Lipstick Jungle....
, actress & model - Brooke SkyeBrooke SkyeBrooke Skye is an American pornographic actress who currently lives in Miami, Florida. She mostly performs solo softcore, shaving, dildo, and often performs lesbian....
, model, softcore porn actress - Brooke StevensBrooke StevensBrooke Stevens is an American novelist. His first novel, The Circus of the Earth and the Air, was a nominee for the Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writer's Award in 1994 and a finalist for the World Fantasy Award in 1995. He has published two subsequent novels, not works of fantasy, and has...
, American fantasy and thriller writer - Brooke ValentineBrooke ValentineKanesha Nichole Brookes , better known by her stage name Brooke Valentine, is an American R&B singer and former member of the group Best Kept Secret. In 2005, her single "Girlfight" was a hit on the United States single charts....
, American R&B, crunk, and hip-hop singer-songwriter - Brooke WhiteBrooke WhiteBrooke Elizabeth White is an American indie pop/folk-pop singer-songwriter and actress from Mesa, Arizona who was the fifth place finalist on the seventh season of American Idol. In 2005, White released her first studio album, called Songs from the Attic.White's first post-Idol album High Hopes &...
, American folk-pop singer and former American Idol contestant