Given name & surname
Branda
“a woman wielding a sword; an alcoholic drink”
Branda is a variant of Brandy. One English interpretation is “a woman wielding a sword; an alcoholic drink.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Branda is a variant of Brandy. One English interpretation is “a woman wielding a sword; an alcoholic drink.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Branda is a variant of Brandy. An origin associated with Brandy is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1945. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Branda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,102
- 0 boys · 1,102 girls
- Most popular year
- 1973
- 36 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 36 in 1973. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,647 as a first name in 2020; 475 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Branda
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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