Given name
Brandilyn
“a woman wielding a sword; an alcoholic drink”
Brandilyn is a variant of Brandy. One English interpretation is “a woman wielding a sword; an alcoholic drink.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Brandilyn 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
Brandilyn 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 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Brandilyn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 664
- 0 boys · 664 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 38 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 6 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 38 in 1979. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 564 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Brandilyn’s family of names
Brandilyn has a related form in Brandy.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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