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 market town and civil parish with a town council in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL7886). The town's railway station is across the county boundary in Norfolk.
   3. A small village in Brandon and Bretford parish, Rugby borough, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP4076).
4. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A census-designated place in Colorado
   2. A census-designated place in Florida
   3. A city in Iowa.
   4. A city in Minnesota.
   5. A city, the county seat of Rankin County, Mississippi.
   6. A city in New York.
   7. A city in South Dakota.
   8. A town in Vermont.
   9. A village in Wisconsin.
5. A city in Manitoba, Canada.

• Brandon and Byshottles

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

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

1. (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