Brantley
[ˈbræntli]Meaning
an Americanized form of the German surname Brändle, from Old High German brant, "fire"
Background Story
Brantley comes from a surname, an Americanized form of the German Brändle. The German surname also has the Alemannic forms Brändle and Brändli, a firebrand, and goes back to Old High German brant, the word for fire.
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