Un peu Germanique et de vieil Islandais ... [=Brand=]
brandr (-s, -ar), m. (1) brand, firebrand ... (4) the blade of a sword
[ZoëgaCDOI], p. 66B
Bard and Brand are common Germanic elements meaning repectively 'Battle-axe' and 'Brand'.
[AllanGivingofNames], p. 226
sources:
[ZoëgaCDOI], Geir T. Zoëga, A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Dover Publication, INC. Mineola, New York 2004 (unabridged republication of 1910), 551p. [AllanGivingofNames], Allan Jim (éd) et al. An Introduction to Elvish and to other Tongues and Proper Names and Writing Systems of the Third Age of the Western Lands of Middle-Earth as set forth in the Published Writings of Professor John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. Hayes (Royaume Uni) Bran's Head Books, 1978, 303p.
Brand en tant que tel ou partie d'un nom est en effet assez usité ... si on prend en considération cet aspect 'guerrier' dans sa signification on comprend dès lors pourquoi son utilisation en est multipliée dans les oeuvres de Fantasy ...
il en est de même vous le savez pour moults noms 'nordiques' dispersés dans Bilbo le Hobbit :
[=Bard=]
barð, (1) beard (rare), (2) brim, of a hat or helmet
[ZoëgaCDOI], p. 42B
barða, f. a kind of axe
[ZoëgaCDOI], p. 42B
Bard and Brand are common Germanic elements meaning repectively 'Battle-axe' and 'Brand'.
[AllanGivingofNames], p. 226
[=Beorn=]
björn (gen. bjarnar, pl. birnir, acc. björno), m. bear
[ZoëgaCDOI], p. 56B
Beorn In early medieval times it was not an uncommon name, and came to be considered the equivalent of the Old Norse name Bjorn, which means 'bear'. The name is therefore a suitable one for a were-bear, though actually the two names are not cognate : Bjorn is related to OE bera (>bear) and OHG bero, and originally meant 'brown one'.
[AllanGivingofNames], p. 218
et là j'en passe et des meilleurs ;)