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First name origin & meaning:

Latin: Extension

Last name origin & meaning:

English: from Middle English, Old French branche ‘branch’ (Late Latin branca ‘foot’, ‘paw’), the application of which as a surname is not clear. In America it has been adopted as a translation of any of the numerous Swedish surnames containing the element gren ‘branch’, and likewise of French Labranche, German Zweig, and Finnish Haara, Oksa, and Oksana.

Famous people with this last name: Michelle Branch

This name appears in the following lists: Pop Princes and Princesses