Submitted Surname Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
12/8/2016, 9:36 PM	LMS
12/6/2016, 5:36 PM	Nicholas

Name Brandis

Type Surname (from location)

Usage German, Jewish, Swiss

Edit Status Status not set

Meaning & History

German & Swiss: Habitational name from a former Brandis castle in Emmental near Bern, Switzerland, or from any of the places so named in Saxony, Germany. A famous bearer of the name is Jonathan Brandis (1976-2003).

Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Brandeis.

Added 12/6/2016 by Nicholas