Brink is a
Low German,
Dutch,
Danish and
Swedishtoponymic surname. The Dutch and Low German meaning is "
village green".[1][2] In Danish and Swedish, the name is thought to be a borrowing of
Middle Dutchbrinc / brink, meaning "grassy edge" or perhaps "slope",[3] and the Danish word now means "where the water runs deep".[2] Notable people with the surname include:
Aaron Brink (born 1974), American mixed martial artist
Alex Brink (born 1985), Canadian Football League quarterback
^Brink in a collection of Old and Middle Dutch dictionaries
Surname list
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surnameBrink. If an
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Brink is a
Low German,
Dutch,
Danish and
Swedishtoponymic surname. The Dutch and Low German meaning is "
village green".[1][2] In Danish and Swedish, the name is thought to be a borrowing of
Middle Dutchbrinc / brink, meaning "grassy edge" or perhaps "slope",[3] and the Danish word now means "where the water runs deep".[2] Notable people with the surname include:
Aaron Brink (born 1974), American mixed martial artist
Alex Brink (born 1985), Canadian Football League quarterback
^Brink in a collection of Old and Middle Dutch dictionaries
Surname list
This page lists people with the
surnameBrink. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.