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As an English speaker, my first thought was that it's a reference to companies or trademarks. Since I've learned that it's from a last name coming from some very cool Nordic or Germanic given names, it's grown on me. Unlike many other older names from those origins, it does not sound very unusual to modern ears. As an added bonus, the fact that it is monosyllabic makes it easy to pair in a first-middle name combination.
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Too materialistic.
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Brand has consistently been used as a given name in the Netherlands, where it is a short form of given names that contain the Germanic element 'brand' meaning "sword", such as Hildebrand and IJsbrand. An older form of the name is Brandt, which you see reflected in names like Rembrandt.
- https://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/Brand (in Dutch; shows the prevalence of the name in the Netherlands in 2014)
- https://www.behindthename.com/element/brand (in English)
- (general): https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/?first=Brand&last=&search=Zoeken
- https://nl.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Brand/+/nl-0-Nederland (lists only bearers living in the Netherlands)
The name is not to be confused with the modern Dutch word 'brand' meaning "fire", even though it is etymologically related. People do not usually bestow the name upon a child with "fire" in mind.
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/brand#Dutch (in English)
Brand is also used in Scandinavia and even Germany, where it is extremely rare these days:
https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Brand (in English)
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- https://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/Brand (in Dutch; shows the prevalence of the name in the Netherlands in 2014)
- https://www.behindthename.com/element/brand (in English)
- (general): https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/?first=Brand&last=&search=Zoeken
- https://nl.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Brand/+/nl-0-Nederland (lists only bearers living in the Netherlands)
The name is not to be confused with the modern Dutch word 'brand' meaning "fire", even though it is etymologically related. People do not usually bestow the name upon a child with "fire" in mind.
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/brand#Dutch (in English)
Brand is also used in Scandinavia and even Germany, where it is extremely rare these days:
https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Brand (in English)
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Brand is a old Norse name for sword, and means fire in Swedish today.
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This is a real name. My great grandfather's first name was Brand. He was born in the late 19th century. We're a Dutch family.
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I can't believe this is an actual name. Boy, people sure are desperate to give their child a different name these days.
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Means "fire; conflagration" in Swedish.
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Reminds me of a firebrand, like the names Ember or Ash. Also like it better than Brant or Brandon.
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Brand is just plain stupid as a name, even more so than the various brands that are now used as names, like Chanel and Armani.
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Brand is an English word meaning "trademark".
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This name is just plain cool!
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