Brand

Brand has consistently been used as a given name in the Netherlands, where it is a short form of given names that contain the Germanic element 'brand' meaning "sword", such as Hildebrand and IJsbrand. An older form of the name is Brandt, which you see reflected in names like Rembrandt.

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- https://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/Brand (in Dutch; shows the prevalence of the name in the Netherlands in 2014)
- https://www.behindthename.com/element/brand (in English)
- (general): https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/?first=Brand&last=&search=Zoeken
• https://nl.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Brand/+/nl-0-Nederland (lists only bearers living in the Netherlands)
- https://www.facebook.com/search/people/?q=brand

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The name is not to be confused with the modern Dutch word 'brand' meaning "fire", even though it is etymologically related. People do not usually bestow the name upon a child with "fire" in mind.

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- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/brand#Dutch (in English)

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Brand is also used in Scandinavia and even Germany, where it is extremely rare these days:

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https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Brand (in English)

This is a real name. My great grandfather's first name was Brand. He was born in the late 19th century. We're a Dutch family.