Brake

See also: brake

English

Proper noun

Brake (plural Brakes)

  1. A surname.

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

Anagrams

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)
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