What country does the name Brandon come from?

Answer 1

"AMERICA"

Absolutely wrong, it's from an Old English word meaning "Broom Hill." For proof, in "Sense and Sensibility," there is a Colonel Brandon as one of the characters. This book was published in 1811 and was first drafted around the mid 1790's. While not the first time the name Brandon was used, (I am unsure of when exactly the name Brandon was initially used), it proves that it was over 200 years ago in the UK, in the 18th century at the least. Since America was founded in 1776 as a sovereign nation it would have to of come out in the 19-20 year span between 1776-1795, 1795 being when Jane Austen first wrote her novel. Very unlikely since the UK where not friends with their former colony during that time period and would not likely take a name from America. Though I'm sure, if the name Brandon was being used as a character name in a story, that it was around long before that. **Yea, I know, I'm good. ;D**