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A male given name from Ancient Greek, in quiet but steady use in the UK. quotations examples
"Nonsense. I'm sure he can't have grey hair with such a pretty name as that. Basil Brooke, Basil Brooke," and May chanted the name over and over in her girlish, musical voice. "It sounds like all sorts of pleasant pictures. - -
1866, Eliza Tabor Stephenson, Hester's Sacrifice, volume II, Hust and Blackett, page 28