| ![Show Contents]() Brandis History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Etymology of BrandisWhat does the name Brandis mean? It wasn’t until the 10th and 11th centuries that Jewish surnames began for the Jews living in North Africa, Spain, France, and Italy. 1 With the pressure to have a fixed surname, Jews sought out interesting ways to name themselves. Some gathered at the synagogue and the rabbi opened a prayer book, the first word on a page was then offered to a family, and so on. Some took names from popular characters in literature. While others created matronymic and patronymic names with suffixes like -sohn, -ov, -kin, etc to denote “descendant of”. 2 In some cases, the name Brandis has been derived from the personal name Brando, and is patronymic. Sometimes this surname comes from the Middle High German "Brant," a topographic name used for someone who lived in an area cleared by fire. Lastly, the name was also occupational, derived from the German word "brandler," or distiller. Early Origins of the Brandis familyThe surname Brandis was first found in Bavaria, which became a fertile source of many succeeding branches of the family name. They were later found in Westphalia and Saxony, where they possessed lands at Haardorff and Stackelberg. The family name was later distinguished when it was elevated to the nobility of the Holy Roman Empire, in 1778. Brandis Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Brandt, Brandte, Brandtes, Brandtte, Brant, Brante, Brandes, Brandis, Brand, Brande, Brandde, Brannde, Brend, Brende, Brendel, Brendde, Brennde and many more.
| Brandis migration to the United States | + |
Brandis Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Carl Brandis, who arrived in Texas in 1845 3
- Herm Brandis, who landed in Texas in 1845 3
- Carl Brandis, who settled in Texas in 1846
- Theodore Brandis, who arrived in Texas in 1854 3
- L. Brandis, who arrived in San Francisco in 1875
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| Brandis migration to Australia | + |
Brandis Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century- George Brandis, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Eden" in 1838 4
- Ann Brandis, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Eden" in 1838 4
- James Brandis, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Eden" in 1838 4
- Harriett Brandis, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Eden" in 1838 4
| Contemporary Notables of the name Brandis (post 1700) | + |
- Jonathan Gregory Brandis, American film and television actor
- Richard W. Brandis, American politician, Mayor of Bend, Oregon, 1953-54 5
- Thomas Brandis (1935-2017), German violinist, chamber music performer, pedagogue and concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic
- George Brandis (b. 1957), Australian, Senator for Queensland, Minister for Arts and Sport
- Marianne Brandis (b. 1938), Canadian (Netherlands born) Children's author and illustrator
- Mark Brandis (1931-2000), German science fiction writer and journalist
- Sir Dietrich Brandis (1824-1907), German forester considered the father of tropical forestry
- Christian August Brandis, German philologist and historian of philosophy
- Weiss, Nelly. The Origin of Jewish family names: Morphology and History. Peter Lang AG, 2002. Digital
- Kaganoff, Benzion C. A Dictionary of Jewish names and their history. Schocken Books, 1977. Digital
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) EDEN 1838. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1838Eden.htm
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 26) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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