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Brink (surname)

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Brink is a Low German, Dutch, Danish and Swedish toponymic 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 Dutch brinc / 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:

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  1. ^ Brink at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
  2. ^ a b Brink Name Meaning sourced from Dictionary of American Family Names
  3. ^ Brink in a collection of Old and Middle Dutch dictionaries