Brandon

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹændən/
• Rhymes: -ændən

From Middle English Brandon, Brampdon, Bramdun, Bremedon, Bromdun, from Old English brōmdūn, from brōm (“broom shrub”) + dūn (“hill, dune”). Doublet of English Branton.

Brandon

1. An English habitational surname from Old English from any of several places of that name.
   • c. 1593, William Shakespeare, Richard III, act V, scene III:

     Sir William Brandon, you shall bear my standard.

2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of 1980s and 1990s American and Canadian usage.
3. Any of some towns and villages in England:
   1. A village in Brandon and Byshottles parish, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ2339).
   2. A small village in Hough-on-the-Hill parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK9048).
   3. A hamlet in Ingram parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU0417).
   4. A market town and civil parish with a town council in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, on the border with Norfolk (OS grid ref TL7886). ^[1]
   5. A small village in Brandon and Bretford parish, Rugby borough, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP4076).
4. A village in Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
5. A coastal village in County Kerry, Ireland.
6. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A census-designated place in Kiowa County, Colorado.
   2. A census-designated place in Hillsborough County, Florida.
   3. A minor city in Buchanan County, Iowa.
   4. A charter township in Oakland County, Michigan.
   5. A minor city and township in Douglas County, Minnesota.
   6. A city, the county seat of Rankin County, Mississippi.
   7. A census-designated place in Madison County, Montana.
   8. An unincorporated community in Perkins County, Nebraska.
   9. A town in Franklin County, New York.
   10. An unincorporated community in Ashe County, North Carolina.
   11. An unincorporated community in Knox County, Ohio.
   12. A city and township in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.
   13. An unincorporated community in Hill County, Texas.
   14. A town and census-designated place therein, in Rutland County, Vermont.
   15. A village in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
7. A city in south-west Manitoba, Canada.
8. A rural town in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia.

• Brandon and Bretford
• Brandon and Byshottles

From Irish Mac Breandáin (“son of Breandán”). Doublet of Brendan.

Brandon

1. A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic] from the Gaelic Mac Breandáin.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of 1980s and 1990s American usage, variant of Brendan.

• 1520 The Lyfe of Saynt Brandan. Translated from Dutch.Published by Wynkyn de Worde,1483:

  Here begynneth the lyfe of Saynt Brandon. Saynt Brandon, the holy man, was a monke, and borne in Yrlonde

From let's go, Brandon, ultimately from Brandon L. Brown. This was from a news reporter hiding NASCAR fans who were cursing at Joe Biden, resulting in its usage by critics of Joe Biden and Republicans.

Brandon

2. (derogatory, US politics) Joe Biden.

• Dark Brandon

• on-brand

From English Brandon, from Middle English Brandon, Brampdon, Bramdun, Bremedon, Bromdun, from Old English brōmdūn, from brōm (“broom shrub”) + dūn (“hill, dune”). Also via Irish Breandáin.

Brandon

1. a male given name from English