Brandis Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

Records tie Brandis closely to Brand. Its meaning, shared with Brand, is “Sword”.

• Names that sound alike, such as Brandes, are easily confused in old records.
• Brandis adds -is to the root of Brand, a common way of forming related surnames.
• Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.
• 415 Americans were listed as Brandis in the 2010 census.
• You may also find the name written Brands, Brandts and Brans.

Arms associated with the name

Arms linked to Brand and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Want more than a summary? See the Brandis family name pack.