Given name & surname
Brandin
“from the broom or gorse hill”
Brandin is a variant of Brandon. One English interpretation is “from the broom or gorse hill.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Brandin is a variant of Brandon. One English interpretation is “from the broom or gorse hill.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Brandin 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 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Brandin 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
Brandin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,889
- 2,752 boys · 137 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 134 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,309 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −66%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,309 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 125 in 1988. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,496 as a first name in 2020; 239 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.
Brandin’s family of names
Brandin has a related form in Brandon.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Brandin
- Brandin PodziemskiAmerican basketball player (born 2003)
- Brandin CooksAmerican football player, wide receiverborn 1993
- Brandin KnightAmerican basketball player and coachborn 1981
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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