Brook vs Hackney

Brook

name
  • A habitational surname from Middle English for someone living by a brook. 

  • A village and civil parish in Ashford borough, Kent (OS grid ref TR0644). 

  • A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Brooks. 

  • A hamlet in Albury parish, Guildford borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ0646). 

  • A surname from Hebrew, a transliteration and normalization of Hebrew ברך (barúkh, “blessed”). 

  • A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage, variant of Brooke. 

  • A town in Newton County, Indiana, United States. 

  • A village in Brighstone parish, Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ3983). 

  • A hamlet in Witley parish, Waverley borough, Surrey (OS grid ref SU9338). 

  • A hamlet in Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN2609) 

Hackney

name
  • An English habitational surname from Old English. 

  • A London borough in Greater London, England, where once upon a time many horses were pastured. 

  • One of several breeds of compact English horses: see hackney 

  • (means of transportation): see hackney. 

  • A town in eastern London, England, within this borough (OS grid ref TQ3584). 

How often have the words Brook and Hackney occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )