Brant as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Brant

What is the meaning of the name Brant ?

The baby name Brant is a boy name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced BRANT.

Brant is English, Germanic in Origin.

Brant is an English given name and surname from the Germanic name Brand, with Old English Brand and Old Norse Brandr as early forms. The root is Proto-Germanic *brandaz, denoting a burning piece of wood, firebrand, and by extension a sword blade, perhaps from the image of a flashing weapon. The final -t reflects a medieval spelling variant, not a separate suffix.

In England the name appears in medieval records as Brand and Brant, including Domesday-era and thirteenth-century surname evidence; Scandinavian Brandr also remained current in Icelandic tradition. In North America, Brant is linked with Joseph Brant, Thayendanegea, the Mohawk leader and Loyalist commemorated by Brantford and Brant County in Ontario. As a modern forename it has been mostly American, with brief chart use in the late twentieth century and lower use since. Variants include Brand, Brandt, Brande, and Brander.