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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from a place in Derbyshire, which is probably named as ‘the settlement (Old English tūn) associated with a man named Brandsige’. Brandsige, composed of the elements brand ‘sword’ + sige ‘victory’, is not attested as an Old English personal name, but seems plausible.

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