# Brandon

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈbɹændən/ · frequency rank #6,992

## Definitions
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.

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

## Easily confused with
- **brandy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brandon-vs-brandy)
- **Brandt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brandon-vs-brandt)
- **Brendan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brandon-vs-brendan)
- **Branson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brandon-vs-branson)
- **Bronson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brandon-vs-bronson)
- **Braxton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brandon-vs-braxton)
- **brand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brand-vs-brandon)
- **Bannon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bannon-vs-brandon)
- **Brandi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brandi-vs-brandon)
- **Braden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/braden-vs-brandon)
- **branding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/branding-vs-brandon)

## Common misspellings (11)
`barndon`, `bbrandon`, `bradnon`, `branddon`, `brandno`, `brandonn`, `branndon`, `branodn`, `brnadon`, `brrandon`, `rbandon`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/brandon