Brinkis

Cf. Latin Briņķis ¹, Brinks ². The variant Briñkis is mostly, apparently, of nickname origin from lit. briñkis „didelis, neapsukrus, apsileidęs vaikas, vyras“ (LKŽ I 1052), cf. briñkšas „idem“ (LKŽ I 1053), bri̇̀brnik „pabrinkimas“ (LKŽ I 1052). However, in one other case, our surname Briñkis, and especially Bri̇̀nkis, Bri̇̀nka, Brinkys, Briñkus, can be borrowed, cf. German Brink, Brinks, Brinker ³, BRuss. Бpынькo, Russian. Бpынкин ⁴.