English

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. 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
8. A city in Minnesota
9. A city in Mississippi
10. A town in New York
11. A city in South Dakota
12. A town in Vermont
13. A village in Wisconsin

Quotations

• ~1593 William Shakespeare: 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

Esperanto

Noun

brandon

1. accusative singular of brando

French

Etymology

From Middle French brandon, from Old French brandon, from Frankish *brant, *brand ‎(“burnt log; brand; cinder”) + -on.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁɑ̃.dɔ̃/

Noun

brandon m ‎(plural brandons)

1. firebrand; torch made of twisted straw [mid-12th c.]
2. loose, burning material from a fire
3. (figuratively) firebrand (someone or something that is a source of trouble)

   un brandon de discorde‎

   a bone of contention or a seed of discord

4. straw at the end of a staff placed at the corner of a field to indicate the juridical seizure of a crop