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, German tennis player
- Eugène Brands, Dutch painter
- Frans Brands, Belgian cyclist
- Gunnar Brands, German classical scholar and archaeologist
- Hal Brands, American historian, son of H.W. Brands
- H. W. Brands, American historian
- Kevin Brands, Dutch footballer
- Stefan Brands, Dutch cryptographer
- Terry Brands, American sport wrestler
- Tom Brands, American sport wrestler and coach
- X Brands, American actor
