Brands (surname)

Brands is a Dutch and Low Saxon patronymic surname. Brand is a short version of names ending in -brand, like Hildebrand and IJsbrand.[1] Notable people with the surname include:

• Daniel Brands (born 1987), German tennis player
• Eugène Brands (1913–2002), Dutch painter
• Frans Brands (1940–2008), Belgian cyclist
• Gunnar Brands (born 1956), German classical scholar and archaeologist
• Hal Brands (born 1983), American historian, son of H.W. Brands
• H. W. Brands (born 1953), American historian (University of Texas)
• Kevin Brands (born 1988), Dutch footballer
• Stefan Brands (born ca. 1970), Dutch cryptographer
• Terry Brands (born 1968), American sport wrestler
• Tom Brands (born 1968), American sport wrestler and coach
• X Brands (1927–2000), American actor