Brandon

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹændən/

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

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.

• c. 1593, Shakespeare, William, Richard III, Act V, Scene III:

  Sir William Brandon, you shall bear my standard.

From Irish Breandáin, from Mac Breandáin.

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.

• 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

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.

Brandon

1. a male given name