Brandon is a boy's name of Irish and Celtic origin meaning “broom hill.” In 2024 it was given to 1,553 boys in the United States.
Brandon at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Irish & Celtic · English & American
Meaning
“broom hill”
Pronunciation
/ˈbɹændən/
About the name Brandon
Brandon belongs to the Irish & Celtic and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “broom hill” — is the sense carried by its Irish and Celtic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Brandon first appears in Social Security records in 1914. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #6 in 1992, and in 2024 1,553 babies received the name — 769,149 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.