<Tr> <Th> Related names </Th> <Td> Brendan; Brando; Brad (surname); Brandon (surname); Brandi; Brandie; Brandy; Brendan </Td> </Tr> <P> Brandon is a masculine given name which originates from two or possibly three separate sources, two Celtic, the other, Anglo - Saxon, and has historically been used by these different cultures independently . Today, most people with the name do not have any connection or lineage with any of these sources and use them as if they were the same name . In the instances of the Celtic origins, it is either a variant of the Irish masculine given name, Breandán, or descended from the Old Welsh name Brân, meaning "crow". The Anglo - Saxon origin is the surname Brandon . </P> <P> The given name Brandon as a variant form of the Irish given name Brendan is an Anglicised form of the Old Irish name, Bréanainn, which is in turn derived from the earlier Old Irish Brénainn . The mediaeval Latin form of the name, Brendanus, has influenced its spelling in the modern English and Irish forms . However, the name has no meaning in the Irish language, and was absorbed from the Old Welsh breenhin, meaning Prince or Chieftain . </P> <P> In the instance of the Welsh "Bran" as the origin, meaning "crow", there is also a general Celtic nebula of related words and names across the European continent . </P>

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