Comments for the name Brooklyn

David and Victoria Beckham's oldest son is named Brooklyn.

David and Victoria Beckham's son Brooklyn got his name because he was conceived in Brooklyn, New York.

There is a character on the tv show General Hospital named Brooklynn Ashton, only she spells it Brook Lynn.

Brooklyn, New York?!?

There is not one, but two meanings to the names Brook and Brooke. The first is listed, while the second is to mean 'beautiful pool of tears.'

Long before the medieval times the brook was thought to be a significantly smaller body of water than we do now, comparable to what we now refer to as a puddle.

Because of their size, it was often fabled that tears had caused these water spots to come about. Though, since their size was obviously much too big for mere tears to cause this, it was said that angels brought them about as they watched over the world in the clouds; thus creating their beauty. Henceforth the meaning, 'beautiful pool of tears', was brought about for a brook as well as both names Brook and Brooke.

As time passed brooks were considered to be larger bodies of water, as we see them today. The names were then used to recognize one who lived next to the stream-like body of water instead of the meaning of the pool itself, though many prefer to use this meaning today.

Brooklyn is a great name for a girl. I don't like it for a boy at all.

I love this name for a boy! I can't imagine it for a girl.

I'm not sure whether Brooklyn is better suited for a boy or girl. All I know is that the first thing that comes to mind is Brooklyn, New York.

Brooklyn is the coolest name for a girl! My best friend's name is Brooklyn, and I fell in love with her name the first time I saw her! It's so cool and original!

I love this name, and while I initially see it for a girl (since most of the Brooklyns/Brooke-Lynne/Brookelynne's I know are girls), I can see it working well for a boy too. My family is from Brooklyn, and there is a certain New Yorker pride that just grows stronger when you're from that borough; and Brooklyn I think sounds most like a first-name out of the five. It's also a very strong-sounding name, in reference to the place and just in pronunciation.

PLEASE, if you are going to name your child Brooklyn, consider this.

When my mother was pregnant with my sister, she wanted to name her Siobahn (Sha-vawn). But it's an awkward name, and she would probably be teased for it. So my grandmother told my mother this, and she agreed, and my parents agreed on a simpler, normal name that was no less beautiful.

My friend is named Destiny. She still hasn't forgiven her parents. Just please, for the sake of your children, consider this.

I think Brooklyn is a girl's name. I didn't even KNOW guys COULD have this name! I'm serious!

I think it can be a boy or a girl's name, but if it's a boy I can't think of a nickname, as Brooke for a girl would be good but Brook for a boy? Doesn't sound right. I still like it though.

I could see it as a boy and girl's name. Lots of names have lyn at the end. Jocelyn, Caitlyn, et cetera. However I think the reason Brooklyn can be a boy's name is because Brooklyn New York is such a strong, vibrant place. Also, people tend to have a "Brooklyn" accent which in my head is manly. My fiance says he would name a kid Brooklyn. But only a boy. But definitely no nickname as in Lynn or Brooke.

The first time I ever heard Brooklyn used as a name was nearly ten years ago on the cartoon Gargoyles. The bearer of the name was a male gargoyle who took the name from Brooklyn, New York.

There's a character in the anime show Beyblade named Brooklyn Masefield. Except that it's a boy and that was the first time I've ever heard of this name so Brooklyn is always a boy name for me.

I see this name as unisex, and like it for either gender. However I am considering using this name for a future son.

I love this on a boy!

Apart from being a bourough of New York, Brooklyn is the name of an Italian brand of chewing gum.

You've got to be kidding me. What a trashy, celebrity-child name. What next? Bronx? Statenisland?

I hate this name for a boy. If someone named their son Brooklyn I would assume they wanted him to be gay. Cool girl's name though.

Brooke and Lynn are both feminine names, but that doesn't mean that they should be combined. Come on now, this is the name of a city, and I don't believe Brooklyn, New York is known for being some wonderful safe haven of happiness or some highly glamorous and sophisticated place, sorry. And that's what people will inevitably associate the name with. Don't ge me wrong, New York is a relatively sane area in the US, but come on, have some class. The name sounds trendy and quite ditzy to me.

Stripper name.

Brooklyn is so trendy and nauseating. How about naming your daughter Brooke and giving her Lynn as a middle name instead of smushing the two together? It's an ugly-sounding name, and Brooklyn isn't exactly the best place in the word. It's even worse on a boy, which is why I feel bad for Posh Spice and David Beckham's son.

This sounds better as a boy's name to me.

I either think of a child with a strong New Yawk accent or of David and Victoria Beckham's son; this name is meant for a part of New York city, not as a given name. It's trendy, graceless, unlikely to age well, and sounds unbelievably tacky.

One of this generation's quintessentially white trash names. I have never seen or heard of it used on a child born to parents who are actually from or who have been to Brooklyn. I can see naming your child after a beautiful place, like Vienna or Florence, or after a place that has personal meaning to you, like Virginia or India, but Brooklyn strikes me as a purely faddish name, used only because it's trendy and supposedly sounds cute. What's so wrong with naming your daughter Brook Lynn? At least then she has a chance of being taken seriously in life, unlike a girl named Brooklyn.

The Brooklyn I know is a boy. I like it better for boys because Brooke is too pretty to have a Lyn at the end!

This name is so nauseatingly trendy. I adore the name Brooke, but Brooklyn is downright ridiculous. I've seen it spelt Brookelynn/Brookelyn, Brooklynne etc. Those who want to name their daughter this should consider the less 'trendy' Brooke. She'd be called Brooke most of the time anyway.

Really ugly and tacky.

Most people don't have a problem with Marybeth or Annemarie or any other double name, but for some reason this bothers everyone.
Yes, it's trendy, but they are both real names.

Brooklyn Sudano is the name of Donna Summer's daughter. She named her daughter way before Posh and Beck's son was born. I really like it and may name a future daughter that. I think it's edgy yet feminine at the same time.

Brooklyn? As in, the burough of New York City?
What's next, Bronx? Manhattan?

I seriously cannot believe that Brooklyn as a name has cracked the Top 50 names for births in 2010. If you seriously want to honor Brooklyn the place (it's where you grew up, something special happened there, etc.), Brooke Lynn is much more subtle. Brooklyn as a full name is just tacky.

Ughh. I hate this name with the fire of 1000 hells. It's so tacky and annoying.

I just can't help wondering why you would give your son or daughter a name that means "broken".

Terrible name for a boy and the girl. People do not mind.

Brooklyn Decker is an American model and actress.

Another name that shot up the charts thanks to an idiot from '16 & Pregnant.' Actually, it probably would have done that regardless, since it lends the nickname Brook/Brooke, and ends in that oh-so-trendy -lynn sound. Personally, I think it's awful. It sounds like something a couple of uneducated parents would choose.

I hate this nauseatingly trendy name. What's so great about it? Why not use Brooke Lynn if you like it so much?

Well... my name's Brooklyn, and I can only hope when people hear my name they don't think I'm a trashy slut.