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Amy vs Brandon - What's the difference?

amy | brandon |

As nouns the difference between amy and brandon

is that amy is friend while brandon is (eo-form of).

amy

English

Proper noun

(s)
  • .
  • * 1886 Hubert Hall: Society in the Elizabethan Age . Kessinger Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0766139743 page 94:
  • The Dame Anne Dudley, mentioned in a contemporary record, was Leicester's first wife, the unfortunate Amy' Robsart. It may be noticed, in passing, that the name '''Amy - presuming that it occurs in contemporary manuscripts of authority - is an extremely rare one. It is obvious how easily the name ''Aime might be read for Anne.
  • * 1975 Derek Marlowe: Nightshade . Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975. page 7:
  • As a child, Amy' could have been drawn by Millais, if he was inclined - the name ' Amy is deceptively apt - but though the plumpness remains, not much but some, the ringlets have gone to be replaced by curls of the colour of cinnamon.
  • * 1999 Susan Butler, Lawrence Butler: East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart. ISBN 0306808870 page 5:
  • As Amy' had been baptized Amelia ( but always called ' Amy ) after her mother, now her daughter, too, was baptized Amelia.

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    brandon

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .
  • from the Gaelic Mac Breandáin .
  • transferred from the surnames; also a variant of Brendan. Popular in the U.S. in the 1980s and the 1990s.
  • A CDP in Colorado
  • Any of some towns and villages in England
  • A CDP in Florida
  • A city in Iowa
  • A city in Manitoba
  • A city in Minnesota
  • A city in Mississippi
  • A town in New York
  • A city in South Dakota
  • A town in Vermont
  • A village in Wisconsin
  • Quotations

    * 1520 The Lyfe of Saynt Brandan. Translated from Dutch.Published by Wynkyn de Worde,1483: *: Here begynneth the lyfe of Saynt Brandon'. Saynt ' Brandon , the holy man, was a monke, and borne in Yrlonde * ~1593 William Shakespeare: Richard III: Act V, Scene III : *: Sir William Brandon , you shall bear my standard.