Brinkmann
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from German Brinkmann.
Proper noun
Brinkmann (plural Brinkmanns)
- A surname from German.
Descendants
- → Translingual: Brinkmannia
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Brinkmann is the 17345th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1629 individuals. Brinkmann is most common among White (96.32%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brinkmann”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 229.
German
Etymology
From Low German. Equivalent to Brink (“meadow, village green”) + Mann (“man”). Compare Angermann.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbʁɪŋkˌman/
- Hyphenation: Brink‧mann
Proper noun
Brinkmann m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Brinkmanns or (with an article) Brinkmann, plural Brinkmanns or Brinkmann or (informal) Brinkmänner)
- a surname
Related terms
- Brink, Brinkhaus, Brinker, Brinkhoff, Brinkmeier, Brinkmöller
- Erdbrink, Heidbrink, Steinbrink, Westenbrink, Sandbrink, Wellenbrink, Wittenbrink
- Bachmann, Bergmann, Feldmann, Hoffmann, Kappelmann, Steinmann, Stratmann, Veltmann, Waldmann, Zimmermann