Brandon

See also: brandon

English

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɹændən/

Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

Brandon

  1. An English habitational surname from any of several places of that name.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surnames. Popular in the U.S. and Canada in the 1980s and the 1990s.
  3. A census-designated place in Colorado
  4. Any of some towns and villages in England
  5. A census-designated place in Florida
  6. A city in Iowa.
  7. A city in Manitoba, Canada.
  8. A city in Minnesota.
  9. A city, county seat of Rankin County, Mississippi.
  10. A city in New York.
  11. A city in South Dakota.
  12. A town in Vermont.
  13. A village in Wisconsin.
Quotations
  • c. 1593, Shakespeare, William, Richard III, Act V, Scene III:
    Sir William Brandon, you shall bear my standard.

Etymology 2

From Irish Breandáin, from Mac Breandáin.

Proper noun

Brandon

  1. An Irish patronymic surname from the Gaelic Mac Breandáin.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surnames; also a variant of Brendan. Popular in the U.S. in the 1980s and the 1990s.
Quotations
  • 1520 The Lyfe of Saynt Brandan. Translated from Dutch.Published by Wynkyn de Worde,1483:
    Here begynneth the lyfe of Saynt Brandon. Saynt Brandon, the holy man, was a monke, and borne in Yrlonde

Translations


Cebuano

Etymology

From English Brandon, fom Middle English Brandon, Brampdon, Bramdun, Bremedon, Bromdun, from Old English brōmdūn, from brōm (broom shrub) + dūn (hill, dune). Also via Irish Breandáin.

Proper noun

Brandon

  1. a male given name
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