83%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Germanic [1] Meaning & History Old German name derived from the elements alt meaning "old" and brant meaning "fire, torch, sword". Saint Aldebrand was a 12th-century bishop of Fossombrone in Italy. Categories fire, history, saints, swords, weapons Sources & References Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 58.