Names starting with B

1320 names · 400 girls · 400 boys

Girl names starting with B

Barbara

#876

Girl · Latin

A syllogism in which all three propositions are of the form "All X are Y" or "X is a Y"

Possibly from brandr; by folk etymology seen as a feminine form of Brendan

Either 1) from the Beatrix, name of early Christian saints, from beatrix, or 2) from beata, influenced by viatrix (“female wayfarer, traveller”)

Broken land; after the New York borough

From, base from various Romance sources such as,, suffix Latinate form of (English linden, lithe)

Bernadette

#1236

Girl · French

From Bernadette, made famous by St

An American coinage used since the 1970s, possibly based on the male given name Brennan or Brendan

Borrowed from Bria, a surname of uncertain meaning

Notably of ancient queens of Egypt

A Latinate variant of the standard English Beatrice

From Brie, from brigā, from brigā

Berna is a unisex given name or surname

Bushra is an Arabic feminine given name meaning "waterfall", "omen", or "perfect"

Bahar in Persian appears as a feminine given name in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkey

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Boy names starting with B

Son of the right hand; son of the south

Brandon

#219

Boy · English

From Brandon, Brampdon, Bramdun, Bremedon, Bromdun, from, from gloss=broom shrub + gloss=hill, dune

Billy

#1095

Boy

The B-25 twin-engine bomber aircraft used during World War Two, commonly called the "B-25 Mitchell" in honor of U

Boy · Germanic languages

From Bernard, from Bernard, Bernart, from Bernardus, probably from Bernhard (compare, ), from Bernuharduz, equivalent Popularized by medieval European saints

Related to Breton, Brittany, and more distantly Briton

English surname from placenames in Devon and Somerset, from brant, referring to hills

Anglicized form of the name of Irish saints, Bréanainn (via Brendanus), from Brénainn, from breenhin, ultimately from brigantīnos, a diminutive of brigantī

Used since mid-twentieth century

Anglicised from an - surname Ó Bradáin, from a personal name meaning "salmon"

Boy · Germanic languages

From -, - etc continental European Bruno, name of medieval Italian and German saints and royalty, Latinized form of brūn, from brūn

Either borrowed from modern Bo or Bo, or a spelling variant of the male given name Beau

Benito

#1074

Boy · Spanish and Italian

Particularly of the sixth-century founder of the Benedictine order, and of several popes

Borrowed from Blaise in the Middle Ages and revived partly due to the modern - equivalent, from Blasius

"Water, freshness, that which quenches the throat

Thought to originate from Brixistane, meaning "the stone of Brixi (a Saxon lord)"

A name of Ancient Greek origin

Any of a number of Old Testament men, including the scribe and companion of Jeremiah

Bashir or Basheer, also gallicized in the form Bachir or Béchir, is a male given name and a surname

Bijan is a Persian given name meaning "Hero"

Burak is a Turkish masculine name that derives from the Arabic Buraq, which literally means "lightning" and refers to a creature that transports prophets in Arabic tradition

Badr is an Arabic origin name which is used as a masculine given name and a surname

It is especially popular in Turkey, as it respects Turkish vowel harmony and the end syllable "-han" can be interpreted as the Turkish variant of "Khan"

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