Brands (surname)

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


 * Daniel Brands (born 1987), German tennis player
 * Eugène Brands (1913–2002), Dutch painter
 * Frans Brands (1940–2008), Belgian cyclist
 * Gunnar Brands (born 1956), German classical scholar and archaeologist
 * Hal Brands (born 1983), American historian, son of H.W. Brands
 * H. W. Brands (born 1953), American historian (University of Texas)
 * Kevin Brands (born 1988), Dutch footballer
 * Stefan Brands (born ca. 1970), Dutch cryptographer
 * Terry Brands (born 1968), American sport wrestler
 * Tom Brands (born 1968), American sport wrestler and coach
 * X Brands (1927–2000), American actor