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Gender: M Popularity: this week. Origin of Brandon: English Meaning of Brandon: "broom-covered hill" Brandon's Popularity in 2012: #56
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Brandon, a forebear of the Braden-Caden pack, had a great run of popularity over several decades, being in the Top 10 from 1992 to 1998, one of its inspirations being hearthrob Brandon Walsh played by Jason Priestley on the original Beverly Hills 90210--and it was aso the name of several soap opera characters.

Newer names like Landon and Braden are feeling fresher to many parents, and it's sometimes confused with the Irish Brendon.

Famous People Named Brandon

Brandon Boyd, American musician
Brandn Flower, American musician
Brandon Routh, American actor

Pop Culture References for the Name Brandon

Colonel Brandon, character in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility

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