Brandon

Meanings

1. An English habitational surname from Old English from any of several places of that name.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of 1980s and 1990s American and Canadian usage.
3. Any of some towns and villages in England:
4. A village in Brandon and Byshottles parish, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ2339).
5. A small village in Hough-on-the-Hill parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK9048).
6. A hamlet in Ingram parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU0417).
7. A market town and civil parish with a town council in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, on the border with Norfolk (OS grid ref TL7886).
8. A small village in Brandon and Bretford parish, Rugby borough, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP4076).
9. A village in Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
10. A coastal village in County Kerry, Ireland.
11. A number of places in the United States:
12. A census-designated place in Kiowa County, Colorado.

1. A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic] from the Gaelic Mac Breandáin.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of 1980s and 1990s American usage, variant of Brendan.

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Etymology

From Middle English Brandon, Brampdon, Bramdun, Bremedon, Bromdun, from Old English brōmdūn, from brōm (“broom shrub”) + dūn (“hill, dune”). Doublet of Branton.