Names

Derived from the Slavic elements bratu “brother” and milu “gracious, dear”.

Medieval Slavic form of Bratislav.

Medieval Slavic form of Bratumił.

Feminine form of Bratislav. This is the name of the capital city of Slovakia, though it is unrelated.

Derived from the Slavic elements bratu “brother” and slava “glory”.

Portuguese form of Blaise.

Means “beautiful raven” from Welsh brân “raven” and gwen “fair, white, blessed”. In the Mabinogion, a collection of tales from Welsh myth, she is the sister of the British king Bran and the wife of the Irish king Matholwch.

From a surname, an Americanized form of the German surname Brändle, ultimately from Old High German brant “fire”.

From a surname that was derived from the Old Norse given name Brandr. This is also the name for a variety of wild geese.

From an English surname that meant “son of Brandr”.