Brandi

Where Brandi comes from

The dictionaries list Brandi as a given name — a female given name from English, variant of Brandy — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • English
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1949
    First appearance
    #5,244 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1973
    Brandi Love born
    American pornographic actress
  3. 1981
    Brandi Carlile born
    American alternative country and folk rock singer-songwriter
  4. 1981
    Peak, #50
    5,527 babies named Brandi — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1993
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #124.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English, variant of Brandy.
Namesakes
  • Brandi Carlile · American alternative country and folk rock singer-songwriter, born 1981
  • Brandi Love · American pornographic actress, born 1973
  • Brandi Chastain · American soccer player, born 1968
  • Brandi Rhodes · American professional wrestler, professional wrestling manager and ring announcer, born 1983
  • Brandi Cyrus · American actress and singer, born 1987

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.