Information on baby boy names and meanings (B)




Babar    Turkish A Lion.
Babul     Hindu   
Bacchus                Greek   The Roman God of wine.
Bahar    Persian Baharak
Bailey    Old French          A bailiff or administrative official.
Baingana              Swahili  people are equal
Baird      Scottish Gaelic   A bard or minstrel.
Bairn      Scottish                child
Bajnok  Hungarian           victor
Bakari    Swahili  Promising.

Baker    unknown             Baxter, Baxley
Balavan                Hindu    powerful
Balbo     Latin      inarticulate
Balder   Swedish               god of light
Baldric   Teutonic              A bold or princely ruler.
Baldwin                Teutonic              A brave friend or protector.
Bale       Ugandan              home of the Mutima clan
Balfour Scottish Gaelic   From the village by the pasture.
Bali         Hindu    Mighty warrior
Balint     Latin      strong and healthy
Ballard  Teutonic              Strong, bold.
Balram  Hindu   
Balthasar             Greek   The Lord protects the king. One of the three wise men in the Bible.
Balthazar             Greek   The Lord protects the king. One of the three wise men in the Bible.
Balun     Aboriginal            A river.
Bancroft               Old English          From the bean field.
Bandele               Yoruban               born away from home
Bane      Hawaiian              long-awaited child
Banjora                Aboriginal            A Koala.
Bankim Hindu   
Banning                Gaelic    blond child
Banquo                                From Shakespeare's play MacBeth.
Bansi     Hindu   
Baptista                Latin      The baptised one.
Barabas                Hebrew                Barabba
Barak     Hebrew                A flash of lightning.
Baran    Latin      form of star aldebaran
Barber  Latin      beard
Barclay  Old English          From the meadow of the Birch tree.
Barden Old English          From the valley of barley.
Bardo    Aboriginal            Water.
Bardolph                              From Shakespeare's play Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry V
Bardon Anglo-Saxon      barley valley
Barega  Aboriginal            The wind.
Barend Dutch    A firm bear.
Bari        French, Celtic, Welsh      spear thrower, son of Harry, marksman
Barlow  Old English          From the barley hill.
Barna    Aramic  son of comforting
Barnabas             Hebrew                Son of a prophecy.
Barnard                Teutonic              As brave as a bear.
Barnardine                          From Shakespeare's play A Winter's Tale.
Barnardo             Teutonic              Bold as a bear.
Barnet  Old English          From the place cleared by burning.
Barnett Old English          noble man
Barney                  As brave as a bear.
Barnum                Old English          A stone house.
Barny                    As brave as a bear.
Baron    Old French          A nobleman.
Barrett  Teutonic              bear-like
Barry     Irish Gaelic          Like a spear.
Bars       Hungarian           pepper
Barse     English  fresh-water perch
Bart        Hebrew                Hill, furrow. From the name Bartholomew.
Barth     Hebrew                Hill, furrow. From the name Bartholomew.
Bartholomew    Hebrew                Hill, furrow.
Barton  Old English          From the Barley fields.
Baruch  Hebrew                Blessed.
Barwon                Aboriginal            A wide river.
Bashir    Arabic   A good omen.
Basil       Greek   Like a king.
Basim    Arabic   The smiling one.
Bassanio                              From Shakespeare's play Merchant of Venice.
Bassett                 From Shakespeare's play King Henry VI.
Bastiaan               Greek   venerable
Bastian Latin      A man from Sebasta. The name of a 3rd-century saint.
Bastien Latin      A man from Sebasta. The name of a 3rd-century saint.
Bates     unknown            
Baudouin             French  A brave friend or protector.
Baul       English  snail
Bavol     English  wind
Baxter   Old English          A baker.
Bay         Vietnamese       Born on a Saturday. Also a herb and a reddish-brown colour.
Bayanai                Filipino  hero
Bayard  Old French          With reddish-brown hair.
Bayley   Old French          A bailiff or administrative official.
Bazyli     Polish    royalty
Beacan Celtic, Gaelic      small, little one
Beacher               Old English          dweller by the beech tree
Beagan Irish Gaelic          The little one.
Beaman               Old English          beekeeper
Beardsley            Old English          beard, wood
Beathan               Scottish Gaelic   Scottish Gaelic form of Benjamin. Son of my right hand.
Beattie Irish Gaelic          The provider.
Beau      French  Handsome or beautiful. A boy or girl's name.
Beaumont           Old French          A beautiful hill or mountain.
Beauregard        Old French          Beautiful, handsome.
Bebe     French  baby
Becan    Irish Gaelic          A little one.
Beck      Old English          A brook or small stream.
Becse    Hungarian           the kite
Bede     Old English          A prayer.
Bedrich Czech    A peaceful ruler.
Bela       Hungarian           The white one. A boy or girl's name.
Belarius                                From Shakespeare's play Cymbeline.
Beldon  Old English          beautiful pasture, child of the unspoiled glen
Belen    Greek   an arrow
Bellamy                Old French          A handsome friend.
Bem       Nigerian               peace
Bemus  Greek   platform
Ben        Hebrew                Son of my right hand.
Bence   Hungarian           victor
Benedick             Latin      Son of my right hand.
Benedict              Latin      Son of my right hand.
Benito   Latin      blessed
Benjamin             Hebrew                A son of the south, or the son of the right hand. The brother of Joseph in the Bible.
Benjy                    Son of my right hand.
Bennet Latin      Little blessed one.
Bennett               Latin      Little blessed one.
Benny                   Son of my right hand.
Benson Old English          Son of Benjamin. Son of my right hand.
Bentley                Old English          From the bent grass clearing or meadow.
Benton Old English          From the bent grass farm.
Benvolio                              From Shakespeare's play Romeo & Juliet.
Berenger             French  courage of a bear
Berg       Teutonic              A mountain.
Bergen                 The name of a Norwegian port.
Berger  Teutonic              From the mountains.
Bergren                Swedish               mountain stream
Beriszl   Hungarian           honor
Berk       Turkish solid and firm
Berkeley              Old English          From the Birch tree wood or meadow.
Berkly   Old English          From the Birch tree wood or meadow.
Bernard                Teutonic              Bold as a bear.
Bernardo                             From Shakespeare's play Hamlet.
Bernie                   Bold as a bear.
Berny                    Bold as a bear.
Berowne                             From Shakespeare's play Love's Labour Lost.
Berrigan               Aboriginal            Wattle.
Bersh    English  one year
Bert                       Bright, nobility.
Berthold              Teutonic              glorious ruler
Bertie                    Bright, nobility.
Bertram               Teutonic              A bright raven.
Berwyn                Welsh   Fair-haired, or a bright friend. A boy or girl's name.
Besnik   Albanian             
Beval     English  like the wind
Bevan   Welsh   Son of Evan Young warrior.
Beverly Old English          From the stream of the beaver. A boy or girl's name.
Bevis     French  After the city of Beauvais, meaning a beautiful outlook or view.
Beyers                 
Bhagirath             Hindu   
Bharat   Sanskrit                Being maintained. The name of the Hindu God of fire.
Bhaskar                Hindu   
Bhavesh               Hindu   
Bhavin  Hindu    Swedish
Bhavya Hindu   
Bhim      Hindu   
Bhima   Sanskrit                The mighty one.
Bhishma               Hindu   
Bhrigu   Hindu    a Prajapati
Bhudev                Hindu    lord of the earth
Bhupen                Hindu   
Bhupendra         Hindu   
Bhuvan Hindu   
Bialy       Polish    white-haired boy
Bilal        Arabic   first convert of muhammad
Bill                          A strong and resolute protector.
Billy                        A strong and resolute protector.
Bing       Old English          From the hollow.
Bingham              Old English          Crib.
Binyamin             Jewish  A son of the south, or the son of the right hand. The brother of Joseph in the Bible.
Biondello                             From Shakespeare's play Taming of the Shrew.
Birch      Old English          At the Birch tree.
Bishop  Old English          A bishop.
Bitalo     Uganda                finger-licking
Bjorn     Old Norse            Like a bear. Also see Bernard.
Blade     Old English          Glory, prosperity.
Blaine    Irish Gaelic          Thin. A boy or girl's name.
Blair       Scottish Gaelic   From the plain or field. A boy or girl's name.
Blaise    Latin      One who lisps or stammers. A boy or girl's name.
Blake     Old English          Fair-haired. A boy or girl's name.
Blakeley               Old English          From the black meadow.
Blaxland               Old English          From the black land.
Blaxton Old English          A black stone.
Blaz        Old German       unwavering protector
Bledig    Welsh   Like a wolf.
Blythe   Old English          Joyous and cheerful. A boy or girl's name.
Bo           Old Norse/Chinese         Old Norse: A householder. Chinese: Precious. A boy or girl's name.
Boa                       
Boaz      Hebrew                Swift and strong. The husband of Ruth in the Bible.
Bob        Teutonic              Famous, bright fame. Also see Hopkin, Robert, Robertson and Robinson.
Bobbie  Teutonic              Famous, bright fame. A boy or girl's name.
Bobby   Teutonic              Famous, bright fame. A boy or girl's name.
Bod        Hungarian           branch
Boden   Old French          herald
Bodo     Teutonic              A leader.
Bodor    Hungarian           curly
Bogart   Old French/Teutonic      A strong bow.
Bogdan Slavonic                A gift from God.
Bolton   Old English          Of the manor farm.
Bonamy               French  A good friend.
Bonar    Old French          Kind and gentle.
Bond     Old English/Old Norse    A peasant fanner.
Bonner Old French          Gracious, gentle.
Booker Old English          beech tree
Boone   Latin, French      good
Booth    Old Norse            A shelter.
Borachio                              From Shakespeare's play Much Ado About Nothing.
Borden Old English          From the valley of the boar.
Borg       Scandinavian      From the castle.
Boris      Slavonic/Russian              Warrior.
Bosley   Old English          A grove of trees.
Boswell                Old French          forested town
Bosworth            Old English          From the boar enclosure.
Botan    Japanese             peony
Botond Hungarian           mace wielding warrior
Bottom                 From Shakespeare's play Midsummer-Night's Dream.
Boult     Cornish From Shakespeare's play Pericles.
Bourke Old English          From the fort or hill.
Bowen  Welsh   Son of Owen.
Bowie   Scottish Gaelic   Golden-haired.
Bowman              English  the archer
Boyce    Old French          From the wood, or forest.
Boyd      Scottish Gaelic   Yellow-hair.
Boyden                Anglo-Saxon      a herald
Boyet                    From Shakespeare's play Love's Labour's Lost.
Brabantio                            From Shakespeare's play Othello.
Brad                       Broad meadow.
Braden Old English          From the wide valley.
Bradford              Old English          A broad ford.
Bradley Old English          A broad lea, meadow.
Bradwell              Old English          From the broad stream.
Brady    Irish Gaelic          From an old surname.
Brae       Cornish/Gaelic  A hill.
Brahnan               courageous one               Brahn, Brahni
Bram     Hebrew                The father of many.
Bramwell             English  place name
Bran       Celtic     A raven.
Branch  Latin      extension
Brand    Swedish               sword blade
Brandeis              German               dweller on a burned clearing
Brander                Old Norse            A fiery sword.
Brandon               Old English          A raven.
Branko  Slowenian          
Brant     Teutonic              firebrand
Braxton                                Brock's town.
Bray       Old English          to cry out
Brayden                               Brave.
Braz       Latin      stammerer
Brazil                     The name of a South American country.
Brecon  Welsh   The name of a group of mountains.
Brencis Latin      crowned with laurel
Brendan               Irish Gaelic          A raven.
Brennan                               Raven-like.
Brent     Old English/Celtic             A steep climb.
Breok    Cornish/Welsh  The name of an early saint.
Breton  Old English          From a place in Somerset.
Brett      Old English          Briton, British.
Brewster             Middle English   One who brews beer.
Briac      Celtic     estime
Brian      Celtic     Strong one.
Briand   French  castle
Brice      Celtic     The son of Rice.
Brigham               Old English          Covered bridge.
Brighton               Hebrew                the one who is loved
Brij         Hindu   
Brijesh  Hindu   
Brinley  Old English          tawny
Brishen English  born during a rain
Bristol   unknown            
Brock     Old English          A badger.
Broderick             Welsh   Son of Roderick. A renowned ruler.
Brodie   Irish Gaelic          A ditch. A boy or girl's name.
Brodny Slavic     one who lives near a shallow stream crossing
Brody    Welsh   Son of Roderick. A renowned ruler.
Brom     Gaelic    raven
Bromley               Old English          From the place where broom grows.
Bronson               Old English          Strong, fierce one.
Brook    Old English          At the brook or stream. A boy or girl's name.
Brooke Old English          At the brook or stream. A boy or girl's name.
Broughton          Old English          From the town on a hill.
Brown   Middle English   colour
Bruce    Old French          Woods.
Bruno    Teutonic              Brown haired.
Brutus   Latin      Bruto
Bryan                    Strong one.
Bryant                   Strong, honourable.
Bryce     Celtic     The speckled, or freckled, one.
Brychan                Welsh   The speckled, or freckled, one.
Bryn       Welsh   A hill. A boy or girl's name.
Brynmor              Welsh   A large hill.
Buck      Old English          A lover of horses.
Buckley                Old English          From the meadow of the buck deer.
Bud        American             Messenger, friend. Originally a short form of buddy (friend), but now used as an independent name, particularly in the USA.
Buddy                   Friend.
Budi       Indonesian         The wise one.
Burchard              Teutonic              A strong protector.
Burdon Old English          A dweller at the hill fort.
Burgess                Old French from Teutonic            The citizen of a town.
Burhan Arabic   proof
Burian   Ukranian              he lives near the weeds
Burke    Old English          From the fortress.
Burl        Old English          A cup bearer or wine server.
Burle     Middle English   knotted wood
Burley   Old English          From the fort or castle meadow.
Burnaby               Old Norse            The warrior's estate.
Burnard                Teutonic              As brave as a bear. Also see Bjorn.
Burne    Old English          brook
Burnell  Old French          The little brown-haired one.
Burnet  Old French          The brown one. Also a plant name.
Burnu    Aboriginal            A tree.
Burnum                Aboriginal            A great warrior.
Burr       Swedish               youth
Burt       English  A short form of the name Burton. Also a variation of Bert.
Burton  Old English          From the fortified farm or town.
Busby    Old Norse            From the farm in the thicket.
Buster   English  A nickname, but it is sometimes used independently.
Butler    Old French          The head servant.
Byford  Old English          A dweller by the ford.
Bylent   Turkish
Byng      Old English          From the hollow.
Byron    Old English          Bear or cottage.

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