Brake

See also: brake

English

Proper noun

Brake (plural Brakes)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Brake is the 5591^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6220 individuals. Brake is most common among White (87.32%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Abrek, Baker, baker, barke, break

German

Etymology

From Middle Low German Broak, from broak (“pond caused by a dam failure”), from the root of Old Saxon brekan (“to break”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʁaːkə/
• Hyphenation: Bra‧ke

Proper noun

Brake n (proper noun, genitive Brakes or (optionally with an article) Brake)

1. A town, the administrative seat of Wesermarsch district, Lower Saxony. Official name: Brake (Unterweser)