Brinklow
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Brinkler
Etymology
From Old English brince (“brink of a hill, steep slope”) + hlǣw (“mountain, hill, mound”).
Proper noun
Brinklow (countable and uncountable, plural Brinklows)
- A village and civil parish in Rugby district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4379). [1]
- A small area of Kents Hill, Monkston and Brinklow parish, Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP9037).
- An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Brinklow is the 113791st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 154 individuals. Brinklow is most common among White (96.1%) individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brinklow”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 229.