Brainerd (given name)

Brainerd is a masculine given name which may refer to:


 * Brainerd Currie (1912–1965), a law professor
 * D. Brainerd Holmes (1921–2013), American engineer and business executive, president of Raytheon
 * Brainerd Jones (1865–1949), American architect
 * Brainerd Kellogg (1834–1920), American professor of rhetoric and English literature
 * C. Brainerd Metheny (1889–1960), American football and basketball coach, college athletics administrator and insurance executive