Girl · English, from Dutch
Brandy
Say it: BRAN-dee
Meaning
From the English word brandy (from Dutch brandewijn 'burnt wine'); sometimes treated as a feminine of Brandon.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
A 20th-century American name that surged after the 1972 hit song Brandy (You're a Fine Girl).
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1970s
In the United States
- 108,571 babies given this name since 1942
- At its height in 1978, about 1 in 229 girls
- 53 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Brandi, Brandie
Famous bearers
- Brandy Norwood, 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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