Brandon
/ˈbræn.dən/noun
A given name and surname, also used in English place names.
Did you know?Brandon has two established historical pathways: English place names from “broom hill,” and the Irish personal name Bréanainn, associated with the sixth-century voyager Saint Brendan.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
Proto-Germanic
*brēmō
“Broom or brushwood; the plant later reflected in English broom”
Old English
Old English
brōm dūn
“Hill or upland where broom grows”
Anglo-Saxon England
Old English
Brōmdūn
“A place-name formed from “broom” and “hill””
Middle English
English
Brandon
“A reduced and reshaped form of English place names such as Brandon”
6th Century onward
Irish
Bréanainn
“Irish personal name, later Latinized as Brendanus and associated with Saint Brendan”
Modern English
English
Brandon
“A modern given name and surname, derived from English place names and sometimes from the Irish Brendan tradition”