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There are approximately 9,769 people named Brand in the UK. That makes it the 1,080th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 155 are named Brand.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
From given name or forename

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The Brand surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

In all the Teutonic dialects brand signifies to burn; also a sword, either from its brandishing, or from its glittering brightness. Brant, a hill; steep, high; Welsh, Bryn.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

BRAND. O. Norse hranclr, a sword, whence the 0. Eng. brand, with the same meaning. As a personal name it occurs in the genealogy of the Northumbrian kings from Woden. It was a very common old Scandinavian name, and it is still used in Iceland. Ferguson. Brand is found in Domesd. as a previous tenant. Mr. Denham observes, that it is rather singular that the ordinarj' synonjm for a sword should be brand. The name of the weapon taken from King Bucar by the Cid was Tkona, or the fire-brand. And he adds that "many swords were flamboyant; hence the word brand." Slogans of N. of Eng. p. xvii.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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