Brandon

Gender Masculine
Usage English
Pronounced Pron. /ˈbɹæn.dən/ [key ·simplify]

Meaning & History

From an English surname that was derived from a place name meaning "hill covered with broom", from Old English brom "broom plant" and dun "hill" [1] [2] [3] .Already beginning to rise on the American charts, this name got a further boost when child actor Brandon Cruz (1962-) debuted on the sitcom The Courtship of Eddie's Father in 1969 [4] . After cresting in popularity in the 1980s the name began to decline, but this was turned around by the arrival of the character Brandon Walsh on the television series Beverly Hills, 90210 in 1990 [4] . The name peaked in America ranked sixth in 1992.

Related Names

RootBrandon (surname)
VariantBranden
User SubmissionsBrandón, Brandon

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  1. Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford, 1998, page 72.
  2. Bosworth and Toller. An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898), page 127, available from http://lexicon.ff.cuni.cz/texts/oe_bosworthtoller_about.html.
  3. Bosworth and Toller. An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898), page 218, available from http://lexicon.ff.cuni.cz/texts/oe_bosworthtoller_about.html.
  4. Evans, Cleveland Kent. The Great Big Book of Baby Names. Publications International, 2006, page 67.

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