Brandon

Meaning

1. An English habitational surname from Old English from any of several places of that name.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of 1980s and 1990s American and Canadian usage.
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8. A village in Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
9. A coastal village in County Kerry, Ireland.
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25. A city in south-west Manitoba, Canada.
26. A rural town in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbɹændən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: Brandon

Inherited from Old English: brōmdūn

Cognate with English: Branton

In summary

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

Sentences

However , Brandon dismissed the accomplice hypothesis as unlikely .