Holbrooks Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Holbrooks is a branch of the Holbrook name tree.

What is the meaning of Holbrooks?

The family name meaning is “Brook in a hollow”, the same as for Holbrook. In the 2010 US Census, 1,413 Americans gave Holbrooks as their last name (rank 19,210).

Is Holbrooks the same name as Holbrook?

Holbrooks adds a patronymic ending to Holbrook, marking ‘son of’ or ‘of the family of’. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. You may also find the name written Holbrooke.

Is there a Holbrooks coat of arms?

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Holbrooks, so the heraldry linked to Holbrook is a starting point, not an automatic right.

Want more than a summary? See the Holbrooks family name pack.