Branson was originally an English surname meaning ‘son of Brandr’. The name Brandr is of Scandinavian origin and stands for ‘fire, torch’ or ‘sword’.
Branson is a first name typically given to boys, but in rare cases also used as a girls name.
The name Branson isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Branson ranks 710. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 2 were named Branson. If you polled the whole US population – children, adults and seniors – you’d find less than one in 10,000 to be named Branson.
Branson was originally an English surname meaning ‘son of Brandr’. The name Brandr is of Scandinavian origin and stands for ‘fire, torch’ or ‘sword’.
The last name Brando also... comes from Brandr and is a nickname for it.
You may not know anyone named Branson, but there’s a good chance you live in the same state as someone with that name. In fact, 35 states are home to men and boys named Branson. (To be fair, a given name is only included in a state’s official statistics if there are at least five people with that name living in that state – so it’s entirely possible that there are still a few men and boys named Branson living in one state or another. If your name is Branson and you live outside of the states highlighted on the map, please let us know so we can refine our statistics even further). And while the first name is present in many states, it is still not one of the popular ones. In Utah, which has the most people named Branson relative to the population, you still have to ask 6,453 men and boys their names before you hear Branson as an answer just once.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter B is neither particularly common nor particularly rare as a first letter for boys' names: 4.2% of all common boys' names in the US begin with this letter. The most common first letters of boys' names are J and A, while X and U are the least common initials of boys' names.
With seven letters, the name Branson has a typical length for first names in the US. In fact, 26% of all common first names consist of exactly seven letters. 52% of all first names are shorter, while 22% have eight letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
Thus, it follows that if 4.2% of all boys' names start with a B, this initial letter occurs about as often as all 26 letters on average. And maybe interesting to know: Brian is the boys’ name starting with B, which is the most common of all.
If your name is Branson and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Branson, you can simply say:
Butterfly
Rocket
Apple
Nut
Sun
Orange
Nut
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Branson
Branson
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
B
R
A
N
S
O
N
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
B
R
A
N
S
O
N
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Branson sounds like this:
