Brookfield Family History
Brookfield Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): from Middle English brok (Old English brōc) ‘stream brook’ + feld ‘open country’ a habitational name from any of various minor places so named in particular Brookfield House in Nether Peover Cheshire recorded as le Brocfeld in the late 13th century. Alternatively the surname may be topographic for someone who lived by a piece of open land near a brook.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022