Given name & surname
Brandan
“from the broom or gorse hill”
Brandan is a variant of Brandon. One English interpretation is “from the broom or gorse hill.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Brandan is a variant of Brandon. One English interpretation is “from the broom or gorse hill.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Brandan is a variant of Brandon. Brandon has been associated with Old English and Italian naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1955. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Brandan is a variant of Brandon. The history of Brandon gives this family its wider story. Brandon’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Brandan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,776
- 5,680 boys · 96 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 263 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #7,753 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −66%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,753 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 66.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 263 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,761 as a first name in 2020; 100 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.
Brandan’s family of names
Brandan has a related form in Brandon. In Catalan usage, Brandan has a conventional equivalent in the English form Brendan.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Brandan
- Brandan WrightAmerican basketball playerborn 1987
- Brandan CraigAmerican soccer playerborn 2004
- Brandan GreczkowskiOlympic judokaborn 1977
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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