Brainerd may refer to:

Place names in the United States Brainerd, a neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois Brainerd station, a train station in Chicago Brainerd, Kansas, an unincorporated community Brainerd, Minnesota, a city Brainerd International Raceway, near Brainerd, Minnesota

People Brainerd (surname) Brainerd (given name)

Schools in the United States Brainerd Institute, a former school for African Americans in Chester, South Carolina, expanded to include Brainerd Junior College in 1934 Brainerd High School (Minnesota), Brainerd, Minnesota Brainerd High School (Tennessee), Chattanooga, Tennessee Brainerd School, a one-room schoolhouse in Mount Holly, New Jersey

Other uses Brainerd (band), an American hard rock band Brainerd diarrhea Brainerd Mission, a former Christian mission to the Cherokee in present-day Chattanooga, Tennessee

See also East Brainerd, Tennessee Brainard (disambiguation)