Origin
Brand : 1: English Scottish North German Scandinavian Dutch and French (mainly Alsace and Lorraine): from the ancient Germanic personal name Brando Old Norse Brandr a short form of various compound names containing the element brand ‘sword’ (a derivative of brinnan ‘to flash’) of which the best known is Hildebrand. There is placename evidence for Brant(a) as an Old English personal name; however the Middle English personal name Brand was probably introduced to England from Old Norse.2: German: variant of Brandt 1 and in North America (also) an altered form of this.3: Swedish and Danish: ornamental name or nickname from brand ‘fire’.4: Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name or nickname from German Brant ‘fire conflagration’.
Brandell : 1: Swedish: ornamental name composed of the personal name Brand 1 or the placename element brand ‘fire’ (see Brandin) + the suffix -ell a derivative of the Latin adjectival ending -elius.2: Americanized form of German Brandel.
Branden : 1: Swedish (Brandén): ornamental or habitational name composed of the personal name Brand 1 or the placename element brand ‘fire’ (see Brandin) + the adjectival suffix -én a derivative of Latin -enius ‘relating to’. The original humanistic form of the surname Brandenius is still found in Sweden but it is very rare.2: English (Middlesex): variant of Brandon.
Brander : 1: Dutch: occupational name for an inspector of weights measures and barrels who established his approval by branding. Or for someone who burned (branden ‘to burn’) a material or product; compare for instance Kolenbrander ‘charcoalburner’.2: German and Swiss German: habitational name for someone from any of the many places called Brand or Brandt (see Brandt).3: Jewish (Ashkenazic): perhaps an occupational name for fireman or distiller from German Brand Yiddish brand ‘conflagration’.4: Danish: habitational name for someone from a place called Brande.5: Scottish: occupational name from Scots dialect brander ‘gridiron’ and probably with the sense of ‘one who brands’.
Brandin : Swedish: ornamental or habitational name composed of the personal name Brand 1 or the placename element brand ‘fire’ (in placenames such as Brandstorp and Brändön) + the adjectival suffix -in a derivative of Latin -in(i)us ‘relating to’. The original humanistic form of the surname Brandini(u)s is no longer found in Sweden.
Brando : 1: Italian: from the ancient Germanic (Langobardic) personal name Brando a short form of various compound personal names formed with brand ‘sword’ particularly Aldobrando and Ildebrando.2: Portuguese: nickname from brando ‘gentle’.
Brandreth : English:: 1: variant of Brundrett altered by association with Middle English brand-reth ‘trivet’.2: perhaps occasionally also a habitational name from Brandred in Acrise (Kent) whose name may be from Old English brand ‘fire’ + hryd- ‘clearing’.
Brandvold : Norwegian: habitational name from any of various farms named Brandvoll from brand ‘fire burning’ + voll (from Old Norse vǫllr ‘green field pasture’).
Branfield : 1: from Bramfield (Herts Suffolk). Both place-names end in feld ‘open land’. The Herts name may have Old English brand ‘fire’ or a form related in meaning perhaps indicating land cleared by burning; the Suffolk name has brōm ‘broom’. 2: occasionally perhaps from Brafield on the Green (Northants) whose name contains feld as in (1) preceded perhaps by Old English brægen ‘brain crown of the head’ used as a transferred topographical term or by a pre-English district name of uncertain origin. Compare Brayfield. Post-medieval bearers may alternatively belong at (1). 3: if not from (1) or (2) above by migration possibly an altered form of Branford.
Bransbury : from Bransbury in Barton Stacey (Hants) which is recorded as Brandesbury in 1046. The place-name derives from the Old Scandinavian personal name Brand (with Middle English genitive -es) + Old English burh ‘fortified place’.
Bransby : from Bransby (Lincs) or Brandsby (NR Yorks). The place-name is from the Old Scandinavian given name Brand in the genitive case with -s + bȳ ‘farm village’.
Branston : from Branston (Leics Lincs Staffs) or Braunston (Leics Northants) or occasionally from Brandeston (Suffolk) Brandiston (Norfolk). The place-name is from the Old Scandinavian given name Brand or the English Brant in the (usually Middle English) genitive case with -es + tūn ‘farm village’.See also Brimson.
Brassington : English: habitational name from a place so named in Derbyshire which is probably named as ‘the settlement (Old English tūn) associated with a man named Brandsige’. Brandsige composed of the elements brand ‘sword’ + sige ‘victory’ is not attested as an Old English personal name but seems plausible.
Garrabrant : Probably an altered form of North German Garbrand or Gerbrant from an ancient Germanic personal name composed of the elements gār gēr ‘spear lance’ + brand ‘fire flame’.
Hibben : 1: East Frisian and North German: patronymic from Hibbo a pet form of the ancient Germanic personal name Hildibrand composed of the elements hild ‘strife battle’ + brand ‘fire sword’.2: English (Kent): from a diminutive of the Middle English personal name Hibb a variant of Hebb.
Hildebrand : German Swedish and English: from the ancient Germanic personal name Hildebrand (Old Norse Hildibrandr) composed of the elements hild ‘battle’ + brand ‘sword firebrand’. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).
Leibbrandt : German: from the ancient Germanic personal name Liutbrand a compound of the elements liud ‘people tribe’ + brand ‘sword’. Compare Lybrand.
Sebben : 1: Italian (Veneto): probably from a dialect short form of the personal name Nascimbene ‘you are born well’.2: In some cases possibly also Flemish: patronymic from a pet form of an ancient Germanic personal name formed with sigi ‘victory’ + an element beginning with b- (for example bald ‘brave’ or brand ‘sword’) or from Sebbe a variant of Seppe a pet form of Josef (see Joseph). This surname is very rare in Belgium.
Sybrant : Dutch: from the ancient Germanic personal name Siebrand composed of the elements sigi ‘victory’ + brand ‘sword’.
Tapp : 1: English: from the early Middle English personal name Tapp (Old English Tæppa). The unrecorded Old English personal name is thought to be the first element of the placenames Taplow (Buckinghamshire) Tapners (Kent) Tappington (Kent) and Tapton (Derbyshire). See also Taplin.2: English: variant of Topp.3: English: possibly a nickname from Middle English tape ‘ribbon tape’ or tappe ‘plug tap’; ‘tap knock’.4: German: from a short form of the ancient Germanic name Theudobrand composed of the elements theud ‘people race’ + brand ‘sword’.5: North German: nickname for a clumsy person or a simpleton from Middle Low German tappe ‘oaf’.
Tebbe : North German and East Frisian: from a pet form of any of the masculine or feminine compound personal names with the ancient Germanic first element theud ‘people tribe’ and a second element beginning with b- (e.g. bern ‘bear’ brand ‘sword’ or burg ‘castle fortified town’). This surname is very rare in East Frisia.
Thobe : North German: from a pet form of one of the ancient Germanic personal names formed with diot ‘people’ as the first element and bald ‘bold’ bert ‘shining’ or brand ‘sword’ as the second.
Tibbe : German: from Tiebbo a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name formed with diot ‘people’ + brand ‘sword’ or berht ‘shining’.
Walburn : English (Durham and North Yorkshire): habitational name from Walburn in Downholme (North Yorkshire). The placename probably derives from Old English wala genitive plural of walh ‘foreigner Briton serf’ + burna ‘spring stream’. Alternatively the name may derive from the Old French personal name Walebron perhaps itself from ancient Germanic Waldbrand (wald ‘power rule’ + brand ‘sword’).
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Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
FANBI : The Oxford Dictionary if Family Names in Britain and Ireland, ©2016, University of the West of England
FANBI : The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, ©2021, University of the West of England
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