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Brandom

Boy · BRAN-dum · Old English

Brandom is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “broom-covered hill”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Brandom mean?

Old English: Spanish-style spelling of Brandon, from an English place name

“broom-covered hill”

A spelling of Brandon, an English place name from Old English brom 'broom (the shrub)' and dun 'hill'.

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Is Brandom a girl's or a boy's name?

Brandom is a boys' name.

How popular is Brandom in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1981.

Half of all the boys named Brandom in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.

1981Busiest: 19 in 20062024
Brandom in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20247#9,888
20230–
20220–
20210–
20200–
20195#12,138
20180–
20170–
20160–
20150–
20146#10,711
20138#8,784
20126#10,763
201113#6,250
201013#6,353
200918#5,100
200818#5,063
200714#5,898
200619#4,671
200514#5,572
200414#5,487
200317#4,611
200216#4,697
200112#5,660
200014#5,034
199910#6,036
199813#4,868
19978#6,612
19967#7,129
19958#6,400
19945#8,794
19930–
19920–
19916#7,263
19900–
19890–
19880–
19870–
19867#5,327
19857#5,142
19840–
19838#4,497
19820–
19818#4,507

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