Surname Spotlight: Brandy

Official name counts are where our Brandy file begins. The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Brandy with 1,284 bearers, at rank 20,627. From 1891 to 2000, 1,391 births in France were registered under Brandy.

Researching the origin

No reliable dictionary entry explains Brandy, so any origin we give a client is traced from their own ancestors.

Brandy sounds close to Brand, Briand and Brandão, so it can help to search both.

Family crest and blazon

Heraldry is personal. Arms recorded for a Brandy family belonged to that family, and other bearers of the name may have no link to them.

Want more than a summary? See the Brandy family name pack.