Brooke \b-roo-ke\ as a girl's name (also used as boy's name Brooke), is pronounced bruk. It is of Old English and Old German origin, and the meaning of Brooke is "water, small stream". Also a surname. Actress Brooke Shields has made the English surname familiar as a girl's given name today. Actress Brooke Adams; philanthropist Brooke Astor.
Brooke has 8 variant forms: Brook, Brookelle, Brookie, Brooklyn, Brooklynn, Brooklynne, Brooks and Brooky.