Brandy

Where Brandy comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Brandy.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Brandy through the years
  1. 1942
    First appearance
    #4,124 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1969
    Brandy Ledford born
    American actress and model
  3. 1972
    Around this time: Brandy by Looking Glass
    Song, 1972 · Source
  4. 1978
    Peak, #37
    6,699 babies named Brandy, its best rank.
  5. 1979
    Brandy Norwood born
    American singer, songwriter and actress
  6. 1986
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #84.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English derived from brandy, an alcoholic liquor. Mostly seen in American usage during the 1970s and 1980s.
Namesakes
  • Brandy Norwood · American singer, songwriter and actress, born 1979
  • Brandy Ledford · American actress and model, born 1969
  • Brandy Talore · American pornographic actress, born 1982
  • Brandy Clark · American singer-songwriter, born 1977
  • Brandy Aniston · American pornographic actress, born 1986

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name.