Brindle
See also: brindle
English
editEtymology
editFrom Old English burna (“stream, brook”) + hyll (“hill”). The surname could either derive from the village in England or be an Americanized spelling of South German Brindl and Bründl.
Proper noun
editBrindle (countable and uncountable, plural Brindles)
- A small village and civil parish in Chorley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5924).
- A surname.
Derived terms
editStatistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Brindle is the 13057th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2351 individuals. Brindle is most common among White (93.49%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brindle”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 228.
Anagrams
editCategories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from German
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Lancashire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Lancashire, England
- en:Places in England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English
- English surnames from German