Philbrook Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Written in a baptism entry or a ship's list, Philbrook usually leads back to Philbrick. The name is generally explained as “Someone who came from Felbridge (bridge by a field)”.

Philbrook and Philbrick

Philbrook is listed among the recognised spellings of Philbrick. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.

In the records

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Philbrook with 1,661 bearers, at rank 17,087. It sits among the 25,000 most common last names in the country.

Heraldry and the Philbrook name

Arms linked to Philbrick and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Get the complete Philbrook report, with a museum-style coat of arms.