Brink (surname)

Brink is a German and Dutch surname. Through emigration, he also came to the U.S., where he is one of the 50,000 most common names since at least 1850, to South Africa and in other countries.

The name originated from the settlement name Brink.

In a figurative sense Brink means " hill with green grass ." Which suggests that the ancestors were free ranchers. When consolidated the family name, compositions such as " Brink Meier " went on the other hand also on non-free self- Related different origins, which were named in order to distinguish homonyms according to their abode on or at a Brink (as any hill ).

Well-known bearers of the name

  • Alfred Brink (1906 -? ), German football player
  • André Brink ( born 1935 ), South African writer
  • Bas van den Brink ( b. 1982 ), Dutch footballer
  • Bernard Butler ( born 1952 ), German pop singer
  • Bernhard ten Brink (1841-1892), German Anglist and Romance
  • Bert van den Brink (born 1958 ), Dutch jazz pianist, composer, music producer and arranger
  • Charles Oscar Brink (1907-1994), British classical philologist
  • David Brink ( b. 1947 ), American cyclist
  • David M. Brink (* ~ 1929), Australian- British nuclear physicist
  • Dieter Brinkmann ( b. 1963 ), German composer, producer and singer
  • Elga Brink (1905-1985), German actress
  • Ernst Paul Brink (1856-1922), German jurist and mayor of Glauchau
  • Gary J. Brink, American film set designer
  • , Jan Brink ( b. 1960 ), Swedish dressage riders
  • January Bakhuizen Nicolaas van den Brink (1896-1987), Dutch theologian
  • Jan ten Brink ( philologist ) ( 1771-1839 ), Dutch classical philologist
  • Jan ten Brink ( writer ) ( 1834-1901 ), Dutch writer
  • John Brink (1912-1976), Dutch swimmer
  • Johannes van den Brink (1856-1933), a Dutch priest and socialist
  • Jörgen Brink ( b. 1974 ), Swedish cross-country skier and biathlete
  • Jos Brink (1942-2007), Dutch actor and television presenter
  • Josefin Brink (born 1969 ), Swedish politician
  • Julius Brink (* 1982 ), German volleyball player
  • Lars Brink ( born 1943 ), Swedish physicist
  • Michael Brink (1914-1947), Catholic journalist and member of the resistance movement against the Nazi regime
  • Molly Brink, American actress
  • Reinier Cornelis Bakhuizen van den Brink (1810-1865), Dutch historian and writer
  • Rieke Brink - Abeler (* 1979), German beach volleyball player
  • Ruud Brink (1937-1990), Dutch jazz saxophonist and clarinetist
  • Tobias ten Brink (* 1976), German political scientist
  • William Brink (1848-1912), German politician, Mayor of Offenbach am Main

Variants and compounds

  • Brinkmann, Brinker, Brinke, Brinkhaus, Brinkhoff, Brink Meier, Brinkmeyer, Brinkmöller, Brinks, Brink, Brinckerhoff, Brinktri th ( e ) ne, on the Brink, Eimertenbrink, Erdbrink, North Brink, Oberstebrink, Steinbrink, Stertenbrink, Westenbrink, Renzenbrink, Vorbrink, crows Brink, Wellenbrink
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