Combination of Brandi and Lynn; sword or lake
A modern American invention likely created by combining the name Brandi, derived from the Dutch word for brandy or the Germanic word for sword, with the suffix -lynn, meaning lake. It follows the mid-20th-century trend of creating compound names to honor multiple family members.
Less common today
Brandalynn isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #8,303 in 1990.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
