Brindle
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English
Etymology
From 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
Brindle (countable and uncountable, plural Brindles)
- A small village and civil parish in Chorley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5924).
- A surname.
Derived terms
Statistics
- 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
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brindle”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 228.