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What do you think of this one?

32 replies

elsasrestingbitchface · 12/07/2017 22:02

Brooke

Had a mixed bag of reaction's irl, what are your opinions

Still not 100% set on it

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PandaCat · 23/07/2017 11:18

I know an 8 year old Brooke, and my DD has a boy in her class with a little sister called Brooke too.

Justhadmyhaircut · 23/07/2017 11:04

Depends how it will be pronounced where you live!!
I say Brooke but dh says Bruck. .
So it would been a no here for me but I love it!!

daisypond · 23/07/2017 11:03

Horrid, sorry.

pilates · 23/07/2017 11:03

No, not keen at all

Crunchymum · 23/07/2017 10:59

I actually know 2 Brooke's, both late primary school age.

Suits them both, but it's not my preferred type of name.

SuperBeagle · 22/07/2017 21:28

IME, Brooke is an 80s/90s name. It reminds me of Brooke from One Tree Hill and that show started in 2003, with the character being around 15-16 years old.

I don't know any 2000s Brookes. The youngest I know was born in the mid 90s.

Don't dislike the name, but equally don't like it.

greendale17 · 22/07/2017 21:12

Very American

golfmonkey · 22/07/2017 21:05

I think it's a beautiful name

stackedcups · 22/07/2017 20:57

I think of a page 3 model. Was there someone famous like that maybe in the back of my mind? I've no idea, but that's the image that the name conjures up for some reason. Sorry. Blush

Threeandabit · 22/07/2017 20:33

I quite like it. With my surname it sounds like a place name though.

Migraleve · 13/07/2017 14:28

Brooke Shields was in Blue Lagoon in 1980 and I know at least 2 people named after her around that time.

Oh yes of course there have been people called Brooke prior to 2000, but I was talking about it being massively popular, which did come much later

MyOtherProfile · 13/07/2017 12:02

Brooke's popularity came much later, late 90's early 00's
Brooke Shields was in Blue Lagoon in 1980 and I know at least 2 people named after her around that time.

GirlcalledJames · 13/07/2017 11:08

Love it for a boy.
Unfortunately I know a very annoying one that's put me of it, otherwise I'd have used it.

MammieBear · 13/07/2017 10:34

Prefer paige from those sorts of names.

27Harper · 13/07/2017 09:35

I really like it! It's a lovely name xx

Migraleve · 13/07/2017 08:34

Brooke is from the same generation as Tiffany and Kelly.

Tiffany was common in the late 80's early 90's with the singer

Kelly was very very common in the 70's - there are lots of 40ish Kelly's

Brooke's popularity came much later, late 90's early 00's

However I agree the name is not quite old enough to become cool again

ilivebythesea · 13/07/2017 08:33

I like it!

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 13/07/2017 08:22

For a girl ? If so, yes, I like Brooke.

17caterpillars1mouse · 13/07/2017 07:30

For a boy of girl OP?

I didn't used to like it but a girl I want to school with has a 6 year old Brooke and it really suits her so now I quite like it

MyOtherProfile · 13/07/2017 06:53

Brooke is from the same generation as Tiffany and Kelly. Not old fashioned enough to be back in fashion.

ZuzuMyLittleGingersnap · 13/07/2017 06:50

I automatically think Brooke Shields.
(Sneaking admiration for her since 2005, when she publicly called out Tom Cruise's idiot mansplaining about PND/ PPD: what's not to love about her/ the name Brooke for that alone?).

Brook, no 'e', is more my preference, simply because of the nature aspect.

furlinedsheepskinjacket · 13/07/2017 01:24

i like it

how about without the e?

Migraleve · 13/07/2017 01:19

Common 15ish years ago, lots of them In high schools and colleges now. Probably dated

TheUpsideDown · 13/07/2017 01:08

Love it. This name was at the top of my list if DS had been a DD. It was a toss up between Brooke or Niamh.

JuicyCake · 13/07/2017 01:05

90s Valley girl, to my mind...