Brooklyn

A beautiful name I really really like it.

Love this name! It's so elegant and pretty.

My name is Brooklyn, and I am disgusted by how people are saying that our name Brooklyn is just trashy. You're making a child feel insecure about him/herself over something that you don't like that's just wrong because I love the name Brooklyn, it's beautiful and the meaning of Brooklyn secretly means pretty brook and none of you guys understand that you're pushing people down by your hurtful comments and it is so rude I would never do that and I wish we could just have a nice world were every human being could get along and be nice. I know this is childish but I'm 11 so I'm gonna say it if you don't have anything nice to say shut your mouth and maybe you should run a lap and think about your own name and think about how trashy your own name is and you're all probably jealous of us Brooklyn's because it's actually one of the prettiest names in the world so you guys can't be talking cause we are beautiful and right now I just cant believe 20 year olds and up are being hurtful and mean I hope you guys someday learn a lesson and turn back on it and say "wow I can't believe I did that" because yeah, I just can't believe you did.

---

~BrOoKlYn.

Place names are a little… unique I guess. The name itself still sounds decent enough compared to other names. But, in real life however, the city is dirty and crowded. I’m not sure how this name caught on. Still, there are names much worse than this one, so you can’t really complain.

I really love this name, and I think it's quite pretty. My best friend's name is Brooklyn and it really suits her!

---

On a side note, I also saw a comment from 2006 who had a best friend with the same name, and I thought that was cool.

I love the name Brooklyn, especially for a girl. It's one of my favorite names, as it's enchantingly beautiful. I really appreciate everything about it: the length, the sound, the association with New York, the list goes on. It also has an edgy tomboyish charm about it that I adore.
Overall, I think Brooklyn (and its variant, Brooklynn) is a wonderful name.

This name sounds awful on either gender, especially on a boy.

I have a friend whose middle name is Brooklyn (Not saying her first name for privacy reasons), and she loves it. According to her father she got that name since she was born in NYC (Manhattan) not too far from Brooklyn where he grew up. So the place is sentimental to him. I thought that was cute. Interestingly enough, as a person living in NYC I met a few girls named Brooklyn (never boys though) and I always thought that was kinda funny. With that being said, it’s possibly better if you go with Brooke or Lynn because those names are a bit more substantial, or maybe as a middle, but Brooklyn isn’t a terrible name.

I don't understand why people hate this name! It's a very pretty name.
I'm not just saying that because my name is Brooklyn :>

---

But people saying it's "white trash" should get better education. I love it. It's awesome.

---

Sure, the meaning is a bit odd, but it's UNIQUE! So who cares what people think.

---

I think all the negative comments on this name are people who are jealous of this name. >:)

I used to dislike this name, but it’s grown on me. I really like it now, and I like the nickname Brooke! Brooke as a name is also nice. But I think Brooklyn is best on a girl— on a boy it sounds a bit weird to me. A good name!

This is my name, I personally really like it and it gives me unique character. I have only been to New York City a few times, but I think being named after a borough there is quite lovely. However, I cannot really imagine it being a boy's name. "lyn" at the end makes it sound feminine. When meeting people they'll occasionally ask if I'm from New York, but that's the only attention my name gets me. All in all, I think it's a pretty solid, simple, girly name that is unique and doesn't garner too much unwanted attention.

I personally feel like Brooklyn is a unisex name.

I actually changed my mind about this name. I kinda like it. I prefer it as a middle name though. I also really like Brooke. If anything, I think that’s better.

It's not very attractive, mature, or professional-sounding to me, and the meaning isn't great either. I much prefer Brooke.

My name is Brooklyn, at least now I know I’ve already got my stripper name covered for when I drop out of college due to a failed teen pregnancy.

My firstborn's name is Brooklyn. I don't find it as a "white trash" name, or that "made up" names are ugly. All names were made up at some point. If you don't like a name, then shut up and at least find a valid reason like some people in the comments.

Maybe not such a great first name. Has potential as a middle name. Combine with a first name like Williamsburg, Bensonhurst, or Bed-Stuy.

My name is Brooklyn and I am top of my class. I can't control what my parents named me! I am proud to be Brooklyn, no matter what you say. Kudos to all of you who stand up for us.

My name is Brooklyn and I love it. I have never met another Brooklyn in my life.

The name isn't that pretty to me. Plus, the meaning is terrible!

Y'all are all mad that you cant be a Brooklyn. And thank you for the people for standing up for all the Brooklyn's.

My name is Brooklyn and us Brooklyn’s always get questions like are you from Brooklyn? Have you ever been to Brooklyn? I have a question for you- why do you ask?

Best name ever!

Hottest name around, 100% would recommend for your future children.

I like this name! Not only do I like the way it looks and sounds (much better than just the short, harsh sounding “Brooke”) but because I love NYC and my father grew up there. We’ve always loved visiting and are very attached to the energy and spirit there. Naming your child Brooklyn will not make them seem trashy or uneducated. As I said my dad grew up in the city and has multiple PhD’s. I also see people saying that the name is “made up” or “trendy” and all I can say is... yeah? You do know that literally every name ever is made up and at one point had been trendy? Now who sounds uneducated? It just means people like the name. I like that Brooklyn has a newer sound. It’s better than the outdated Mary’s and Chester’s. I also see people saying that naming your child after “broken land” is unfair to them, and while I wouldn’t pick this name because of its meaning, I think being named after a place that was once only “broken land” but has grown into an accomplished city with gorgeous architecture is a reminder to yourself that you can make something successful and beautiful out of even the worst situations.

I personally love my name.

Ugliest, trashiest name.

Disgusting name.

Hey, I just have to say that all of the people who are calling this a stripper name or trashy or that it sounds uneducated or that the place Brooklyn is trashy, I just have to say: There is a lot of things that go behind a name. People don't realize that a name is supposed to mean something. How dare you say that all who are given this name are trash or sluts. Do you realize how uneducated that makes you sound? And why are you looking at it if you don't like it? And for those who think that it does not sound like a name that someone who is educated would have, please think of how biased that sounds. You aren't going to let a person into college because their name is Brooklyn? Remind me who sounds uneducated? And Brooklyn isn't necessarily trashy. It is an important place that contributed to America's history in many essential ways! There is the Battle of Brooklyn in the American revolution, the Brooklyn bridge which brought thousands of working class people here to live and raise their families. And I must say that I find it interesting that many of the people who were so rude left their comments anonymously.

I'm a boy but my name is Brooklyn. I just think it's funny at church all of these little girls are named Brooklyn and I walk back in the kids area to get my little brother and I just hear all these moms saying "Brooklyn come on, we gotta go".

I personally find the name Brooklyn rather silly. Maybe because I was born and raised there. It's a borough for goodness sakes. No need to get offended by the "negative" comments on this name. If you have named your child Brooklyn, then don't be offended- as you chose it and love it. When I hear people calling their child "Brooklyn", I cringe. It's so pretentious and sounds ridiculous. The meaning of Brooklyn in New York? -- Broken Land. Do your research folks before naming your child Brooklyn. Meet the kids 'Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Bronx and Manhattan' come onnnn.

I think Brooklyn is a great name! I have a cousin named Brooklyn. She's awesome. This name and her really go well together.

My name is Brooklyn and I'm not just saying nice things about this name because it's my name, but I'm disgusted by these rude comments! Brooklyn is a beautiful name with lots of good nicknames! The name Brooklyn reminds me of the city! Because there's a city in New York called Brooklyn and I would definitely consider it if you're thinking of naming your daughter/son Brooklyn! Some nicknames for girls (sorry I only know girl nicknames because I'm a girl :( ) Brookie Cookie, and Brookie is a cute name! And Brooke, and Brooksie!

An infectious disease! It’s multiplying!

It's a shame that it's gotten so trendy. It's treated like a joke. I would've liked the name before because my parents are from Brooklyn and it was the place I lived when I was in my mom's womb. It's special to me but sounds silly now. I would have maybe considered it for a middle name or something like that before it caught on trend. People who aren't from Brooklyn or associated with Brooklyn ruined this name! And I know you can name your kid whatever place you like but you know what I mean.

Brook(e) is fine, Brooklyn not so much.

My name is Brooklyn and I am a girl but I like boys with the name Brooklyn. I was born in 2006 and I do not know everything about my name.

This is really pretty, and should be used more often. I don't see it as tacky at all, which is strange seeing as I detest names like London, Paris, or Berlin. I also despise trendy made-up '-lyn' names like Raelyn, Shaelyn, Keighlyn, and so on. Better than plain, odd-sounding Brook, and more feminine that Lynn. Just don't spell it with a double 'nn' at the ending. I have seen this name spelled like the place name as Breukelen. See my comment on given name America.

Dylan, Cheyenne, Paris, London, Marion, Taylor, Leon, and Madison are all city names and people use them plenty, so why don't you use Brooklyn? If you like it, use it. I don't like Brooklyn much though.

My eldest daughter is named Brooklyn Summer and she and I both love it. Cute nickname in Brookly.

Plead insanity and change your daughter's name. Terrible. Awful. Ugly. Bogan. Trendy. Teen mom.

No, just No. Whenever I hear this name on a kid at the playground I instantly want to roll my eyes and I struggle to avoid being judgemental. It's not cute. It's not beautiful. It is not unique. Maybe 15 years ago before it was a thing but, at this point; it is just awful.

I abhor this name. Some of the reasons this name is intensely intolerable are as follows:
1. The parents who have a child named Brooklyn pretense that the name has special significance to them, instead of owning up to the fact that it's now trendy and they chose it. Look - no one names their child Washington, D.C. We all get it: you've visited Brooklyn; perhaps you've even worked there - however, this does not justify naming your child this;
2. Parents compound the ugliness of Brooklyn by using the nickname "Brookie" - CRINGE;
3. It sounds uneducated and trashy;
4. One day, your child will look up his or her name and discover they've been named after a broken land; and
5. I like steak. I'm not naming my child steak.
STOP making up names! There are millions of existing names to choose from, most of which do not make the social security index. There is no need to further pick a made up name that is now trendy. There's a thing about trends such as crimped hair, scrunchies, boy bands... the name Brooklyn - there's a pattern.

One of my co-workers just named her baby girl Brooklyn. I feel bad posting this in case she deduces I'm from her workplace, but maybe it would also be helpful for her to know the truth so that the child can go by her middle name which is pretty. Here's the truth: everyone laughed. We could not believe she picked this name. There is so much wrong with this name that I don't know where to start. I feel bad because so often, you don't want to offend people and tell the truth for fear of hurting their feelings, but if you think about it, a child has to have this name her whole life and that's not fair. So, if you're coming to this board thinking of the name "Brooklyn", know that no one likes it and they're scared to tell you it's trashy to your face. Take the time to search for some other names. Your daughter will resent you in the future.

I despise this name. This is the trashiest name trend around! I wish it would go away. I was picking my son up at daycare the other day and there were two "Brooklyn's" in his class. They're multiplying. This is surely an infectious disease.

Honestly surprised that the gender says feminine, but you know what? It doesn't matter. I would feel weird seeing it on a female at first but I'd likely get used to it, which is why it doesn't matter. (I know a boy named Brooklyn and never saw it as a feminine name but really, it's just a name...)

This is my daughter's name and her middle name is Cassidy. Brooklyn Cassidy. I'm so disgusted by all the comments on this name. Brooklyn is a BEAUTIFUL name and it fits my daughter perfectly. I do not see her having any other name. She's not a Beckham, Stripper, City, anything. She's her own person. I love it.

Brooke is a nice name and Lynn is a nice middle name, but why smash them together? This name is awful on a girl, and feminine sounding on a boy. It's another celeb kid name like that Jayden, Zuma, King, etc. That sounds awful and won't age. I recommend Brooke Lynn.

This is a dreadful name. It is along the lines of Neveah or Jayden and conjures an image of an uneducated young girl wondering what to name her daughter for about two minutes. I cannot foresee a future for a child being called to a sidebar by a judge saying "Brooklyn" or first year medical student with the name. Trashy. I do not find any redeeming characteristics. It has a harsh sound, it is not pretty spelled out (hate the drop down "y" with the double "o's") the child will be very circa 2015 her entire life. I just do not understand why this is now a name.

Well at least I can say that this spelling is better than "Brooklynn"

---

Not a very decent name but spelling wise? Brooklyn over Brooklynn. No doubt about that.

This name is so cool.

Strongly, strongly prefer just Brooke. This name sounds tacky and immature, not like the name of someone who will grow up to have a serious career.

My name is Brooklyn Elizabeth. Elizabeth is my middle name. I only get called Brooklyn. I do not think my name sounds trashy and skanky and personally everyone I know named Brooklyn is not skanky or trashy. I have gotten top grades all the way through my whole entire school career. I am 18 years old and my parents didn't even name me after the city. My parents didn't even know it was a city. So stop calling people unoriginal for using the name Brooklyn because I wasn't named after some trashy New York city. I personally think that my name is very beautiful and I don't understand how it doesn't sound good as Brooklyn not Brook and Lynn because Brooklyn is a name why would you name your daughter Brook Lynn. That would be like naming your daughter Emma Lee when there is an Emily name.

I love this name, even after consideration of the ridiculously rude comments. I'll still be naming my daughter Brooklyn Olivia when she arrives this summer.

"Broken land"? Ugh, I don't understand the adoration for this basic, white trash name.

I take back my harsh comment from 2/15/2016. This name has actually grown on me. It’s not my favorite, nor do I think I’d use it, but it’s quite pretty, actually.

Tacky unsophisticated bogan name.

This name is just laughably bad.

My name is Brooklyn. I'm a girl and I've always loved it. I hate it when people call me Brook though, and I only let my closest friend call me Brookie, even though I still wince at the name.

I like this name. Sometimes I wish I had this name so I could say, "never to fear, Brooklyn is here!" If you don't know, that's a Newsies quote :). Anyway, my reasoning for liking this name is different, but nonetheless I like it. One of my favorite combos is Francesca Brooklyn.

I really like this name on a girl (I don't mind it on a boy either but I think it sounds too girly for a boy)! It sounds awesome, trendy and fun. It reminds me of New York which is one of my favorite places in the world. I definitely recommend this name to people!

Brooklyn is a unisex name and my son's name, he loves it. We're not white trash (as a previous commenter so eloquently wrote), we're hard working honest people with respect for others. A name is not the making of a person, the way they're brought up and their values is!

In Brazil, Brooklyn is considered a masculine name.

I like it better for boys. My son's name is Brooklyn and he loves his name.

I found some of these comments extremely rude. My first name is Brooklyn after the Brooklyn Dodgers. I think it's a beautiful name, although I do go by my middle name which is Ivy.

In the early 1980's I named my DOLL Brooke, after my Dad's colleague's daughter... I later changed it to Brooklyn to be weird... like, I'd name my doll something NO ONE would ever name their kid. Lo and Behold 20 yrs later people are naming their daughters BROOKLYN? Seriously? Please stick to Brooke. And not what I named my DOLL when I was EIGHT!

Love Brooklyn! Call her Brooke for short. If you're a baseball fan or love the Dodgers the name will suit your daughter well.

I'm really surprised at all the negative comments on this board... my name is Brooklyn, and to this day when I tell people my name they tell me it's beautiful. I have even advocated to my husband that choosing a unique beautiful name MATTERS so much to a child's self-esteem because of my experience. I felt like I couldn't say my name without a flow of compliments. Just a little bit of positive for the parents out there that are considering it!

This name is just the worst. Brooklyn actually means "broken land" and, well, it's freaking Brooklyn! I think of the city and I think of meat heads and people are naming their daughters after a meat head city. Gross. Don't do it if you want her to ever get a career in something other than Mary Kay sales.

My name is Brooklyn and I am extremely proud of my name because of the meaning behind it. My great grandmother was born in Brooklyn Heights. I would never associate myself with people who thought less of me because of my name.
Peace out.

Naming your children after a place where the great majority of people come from low class families and have nothing better to do but to shoot and murder one another. Lovely...

---

I'm EMBARRASSED for my own country that this is ranked at #28. :S
Er, it shouldn't even be in the top 1000. Brook\Brooke and Lynn separate are fine but Brooklyn is just utterly tacky and is a name that would attract a teen mom.
Brooklyn, even as a name, is low class. Sorry but it is.

My daughters' name was not picked after a city (that I personally don't care to visit) or because it was popular (when she was born I did not know anyone or of anyone personally with the name) and we were most certainly not trying to be trendy. We simply just wanted to honor three separate members in both our families with one name "Brooklyn Faith" With the intention of calling her Brooke.

---

She, however, at the age of two, demanded to go by Brooklyn, and could even spell it. I'm proud of my Brooklyn and she loves her name even 5 years later.

Ugh...
THIS NAME IS SUCH A TACKY, PLACE NAME. IT'S STEREOTYPICAL TEEN MOM MATERIAL.

I really, REALLY like this name! It sounds pretty when it's used for a girl and cool when it's used for a boy (Brooklyn Beckham is an example of a boy who pulls off the name well). I don't mind when this name is used for either gender.

Terrible, terrible name that tries too hard to be "cool." I'm from NYC so this name just really seems incredibly embarrassing to me - like the parent was trying so hard to be edgy and fell flat on his/her face.

I personally love this name. However, I can see why some people might be appalled by it. I was born in Brooklyn, New York, so I think it's a cool name and it actually has meaning to me.

The trend of using 'Brooklyn' as a given name is a recent one, and there is plenty of proof for that. Yes, there are other names that come from place names, but your argument is invalid. And yes, unfortunately, your credibility is judged depending on your name. I know personally it would be harder for me to take a Brooklyn seriously than an Elizabeth or Catherine.

Anonymous User 7/28/2013
Have you considered that all names were once new? Now's the time for Brooklyn. In some 100 years it'll be a perfectly acceptable traditional name. There will be other new names in its place and no doubt bigots like yourself criticising them for being recent.
On a side note, I love how in America Brooklyn is so strictly feminine and then England just went ahead and decided that it's masculine there.

Oh god, BROOKLYN? What's next BRITTANY? PARIS? Oh wait..

---

Yeah, you sound kind of dumb when you complain about names of places and people. Paris has been around for centuries (actually, now that I think about it, millennia, if you count the Trojan), and Brittany for decades. Instead of acting like names need to have street cred in order to be taken seriously, maybe you should think, "Hey maybe these trends are older than I think."

---

On a side note, I love this name for some reason. I didn't think I would, but it's really grown on me.

Too modern sounding. Reminds me of someone with crooked teeth. If your daughter/enemy/friend/anyone ends up having crooked teeth, you can call her "Crooklyn". If she is annoying and mean, then you can call her "HookBin".

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Really ugly and tacky.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

I love this on a boy!

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

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.

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

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 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.

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'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.

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

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