Given name & surname
Brande
“a fiery torch”·“one who wields a sword”·“a woman wielding a sword; an alcoholic drink”
Brande is a variant of Brand. Interpretations include “a fiery torch” and “one who wields a sword”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Brande is a variant of Brandy. One English interpretation is “a woman wielding a sword; an alcoholic drink.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Brande is a variant of Brand. Interpretations include “a fiery torch” and “one who wields a sword”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Brande 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
Brande is a variant of Brand. An origin associated with Brand is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Brande through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,141
- 0 boys · 1,141 girls
- Most popular year
- 1974
- 173 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 2004. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 173 in 1974. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,072 as a first name in 2020; 324 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.
Brande’s family of names
Brande has a related form in Brandy. Brande has a related form in Brand.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Brande
- Brande RoderickAmerican model and actressborn 1974
- Brande Castiglioni15th-century Catholic bishop1415–1487
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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