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What does Brandon mean?
Brandon 
▼ as a boys' name is pronounced BRAN-den. It is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Brandon is "broom, gorse hill". Refers to the plant. Transferred use of the surname and place name. In some cases, a variant of the less popular Brendan. TV executive Brandon Tartikoff.
ASSOCIATED WITH old english, broom (flower), hill (mountain), plant (tree), surname, popular (famous)
Variations
VARIANTS Brand, Brandan▼, Branden▼, Brandin, Brandyn▼, Brannon, Branton, Brennan▼
SEE ALSO Brenton
RELATIONS VIA BRENDAN Breandan, Brendano, Brenden▼, Brendin, Brendon▼, Brendyn, Brennen▼, Brennon
FEMININE FORM Brandy
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
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How popular is Brandon?
Brandon is a very prominent first name for men (#68 out of 1220, Top 5%) and also a very prominent surname for all people (#1260 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Brandon was first listed in 1940-1949 and reached its highest rank of #6 in the U.S. in the year 1994, and is at #124 presently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Prominent variation forms of Brandon (#124 IN 2018) listed in the Top 2000 are Brandan, Branden (#1509), Brandin, Brandyn, Brannon, Brendan (#564), Brenden (#1136), Brendon (#1311), Brendyn, Brennan (#662), Brennen, Brennon and Brenton (#1208). Usage of these forms of Brandon reached its most widespread in the year 1994 (ADOPTION OF 1.9%) and has become much reduced since (ADOPTION 0.3%, DOWN 86.5%), with forms such as Brandyn becoming less stylish.
Similar Names
Suggested similar-sounding names are Bardon, Blandon, Blanton, Bradan, Bradden, Braddon, Braden▼, Bradin, Bradon, Braeden▼, Braedon▼, Braiden▼, Braidin, Brandell, Brander, Brando, Brandt, Branko, Brann, Brannen, Brannt (see Brant), Brannton, Bransen, Branson▲, Branston, Brant▼, Branten, Brantin, Brantt (see Brant), Braxton▲, Braydan, Brayden, Braydon▼, Braylon▼, Brendt, Brentan, Brenten, Brentin, Brentton, Brentyn, Brindly, Bronson▲, Brunon, Graydon, Landon, Randon and Shandon. These names tend to be less commonly used than Brandon.
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