Given name & surname
Brantly
“a fiery torch”·“one who wields a sword”
Brantly is a variant of Brand. Interpretations include “a fiery torch” and “one who wields a sword”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Brantly is a variant of Brand. Interpretations include “a fiery torch” and “one who wields a sword”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Brantly 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 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Brantly through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 864
- 859 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 103 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,311 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −67%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,311 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 67.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 103 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,013 as a first name in 2020; 500 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.
Brantly’s family of names
Brantly has a related form in Brand.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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