Brooke
Brooke is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Female
- Confidence
- High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States, Great Britain
- US records 1880–2017
- 2,013 male / 188,828 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Brooke
If you do not know Brooke’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Brooke,” in English, “Guten Tag Brooke,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Brooke,
German
Guten Tag Brooke,
French
Bonjour Brooke,
Spanish
Estimado/a Brooke:
Chinese
Brooke您好：
Japanese
Brooke様
English
Hi Brooke,
German
Hi Brooke,
French
Salut Brooke,
Spanish
Hola Brooke,
Chinese
Brooke你好：
Japanese
Brookeさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | very common | woman's name |
| Great Britain | rare | woman's name |
United States birth data
2,013 male · 188,828 female · 190,841 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 0.4% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Brooke a male or female name?
Brooke is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Brooke in an email?
If you do not know Brooke’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Brooke,” in English, “Guten Tag Brooke,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Brooke a unisex name?
Brooke is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Brooke a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/brooke. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_brooke,
title = {Is Brooke a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/brooke},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}