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Meaning & Origins
Transferred use of the surname, in origin a local name from any of various places so called, most of which get their name from Old English brōm ‘broom, gorse’ + dūn ‘hill’. In some cases it may be an altered form of Brendan. There has perhaps also been some influence from the surname of the Italian American actor Marlon Brando (1924–2004). In Britain the name has enjoyed a steady rise in popularity since the mid-1990s.
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English and Welsh: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John). The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. In North America this name has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988).
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Nicknames & variations
Branden, Brandan, Brandyn, Brandin, Brandt, Branko, Brand, Branson, Branch, Branislav
James, Janes, Jone, Jines, Janek, Janeczko, Joneson, Juneja, Junek, Jonet
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