Girl · English, from Dutch
Brandi
Say it: BRAN-dee
Meaning
A spelling of Brandy, from the English word brandy (from Dutch brandewijn 'burnt wine').
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Popular in the US in the 1970s and 1980s alongside Brandy.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1980s
In the United States
- 102,061 babies given this name since 1949
- At its height in 1981, about 1 in 302 girls
- 53 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Brandy, Brandie
Famous bearers
- Brandi Carlile, American singer
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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