Brandis
Feminine
Brandis is given to both — 730 girls and 84 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Brandis is recorded for boys and girls alike and has no documented parent. Its first syllable is one of those English words whose senses look unrelated until you notice that every one of them involves fire.
How old is the name Brandis?
Brandis first appears in US birth records in 1971 — 54 years ago. The typical Brandis alive today was born around 1983, making them about 42 years old. About 700 people named Brandis are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Brandis most popular?
Brandis peaked in 1981, reaching #1181 nationally. See the whole 1981 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Brandis
A brand was a burning stick. From there: a firebrand is a piece of wood on fire and then a person who stirs up trouble. A cattle brand is the mark burned into the hide, and the marketing sense follows directly from that, by way of the maker's mark burned into a barrel. Brand new means fresh from the fire, as a newly forged thing would be. And a sword is called a brand in old poetry, because a polished blade flashes like flame. Five senses in ordinary use, all of them one idea, and almost no English speaker connects them.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Brandi, Brandon and a German surname have all been offered and none is documented. The record holds this spelling for both sexes and explains neither.
Pronouncing Brandis
BRAN-diss
Two syllables with the stress in front and a crisp s at the end.
Nicknames for Brandis
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1971
- Most girls named
- 1981112 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1181reached in 1981
- Change vs 2008
- 0.0%9 in 2013, from 9
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Brandiss among us
people named Brandis are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Brandis sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is read correctly at first sight and rarely needs spelling twice.
- It is recorded for boys and for girls, so it leaves a question open rather than closing it.
- Bran comes off the front as a short form and works for either sex.
- Most children with this spelling are girls, but a real minority are boys; either may be taken for the other.
- Brandi and Brandice are both in the record and will be confused with it.
- No origin is documented, so the meaning question has nothing settled to answer with.
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Frequently asked
- How many Brandiss are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Brandis are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Brandis in 2025?
- Brandis is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Brandis with classmates?
- Brandis will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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