Brands (surname)

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Brands is a Dutch and Low Saxon patronymic surname. Brand is a short version of names ending in -brand, like Hildebrand and IJsbrand. [1] Notable people with the surname include:

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References

  1. Brands at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.