Brant

The Noble Tribe of Brant in North America. Bavaria, Germany is the original homeland of the Brant family. Brant is a patronymic name, a type of surname that derived from the given name of the father of the original bearer. Brant was derived from the Germanic personal name Brando, a short form of the various compound personal names containing the element brand, which means sword. The best known of these compounds is Hildebrand, or battle-sword; however, old Germanic names such as Brandhart, or fire-strong and Brandoalt, or fire-powerful, were also common in the Middle Ages. The surname Brant also evolved as a nickname type of surname for a person who was hot tempered.