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Surname Etymology and Meaning of BRANDER

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Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

1. Dutch: occupational name for an inspector of weights and measures.
2. German and Swiss German: habitational name for someone from any of the many places called Brand or Brandt (see Brandt).
3. Jewish (Ashkenazic): perhaps an occupational name for fireman or distiller, from German Brand, Yiddish brand ‘conflagration’.
4. Dutch: nickname for a fire raiser.
5. Danish: habitational name for someone from a place called Brande.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)