Brandy

Where Brandy comes from

The dictionaries list Brandy as a given name — a female given name from English derived from brandy, an alcoholic liquor. Mostly seen in American usage during the 1970s and 1980s — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1942
    First appearance
    #4,124 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1969
    Brandy Ledford born
    American actress and model
  3. 1978
    Peak, #37
    6,699 babies named Brandy — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1979
    Brandy Norwood born
    American singer, songwriter and actress
  5. 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.