Feminine Submitted Names

Berdien f Dutch
Variant form of Berdine, with its spelling more phonetical in nature. A known bearer of this name is the Dutch flutist Berdien Stenberg (b. 1957).

Berdil f Kurdish
Means "sweetheart" in Kurdish.

Berdina f Bodo
Means "glorious" in Bodo.

Berdine f Dutch
Contracted form of Bernardine. In some cases, it can also be a variant form of Bertine.

Bere f Spanish
Diminutive of Berenice.

Berea f English (Rare)

Beredugo f & m Ijaw
Means "judgement" in Ijaw.

Berengela f Medieval Basque
Basque form of Bérengère and Berengaria. Berengela was the birth name of the sister of Sancho VII of Navarre who went on to marry Richard I of England.

Berenguela f Medieval Catalan, Medieval Galician
Catalan and Galician form of Berengaria.

Berenguella f Medieval Catalan
Variant of Berenguela.

Berenguera f Medieval Catalan
Catalan cognate of Berengaria.

Berenguièra f Gascon
Gascon form of Berengaria.

Berenguiera f Provençal
Provençal form of Berengaria.

Berenguiero f Provençal
Provençal form of Bérengère.

Bereniç f Catalan
Catalan form of Berenice.

Berenica f American (Hispanic)
Variant of Berenice.

Berenici f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Brazilian form of the name Berenice, reflecting the Brazilian pronunciation.

Bereniczka f Polish
Diminutive of Berenika.

Bereniké f Hungarian
Hungarian form of Berenike.

Berenilde f Portuguese (Brazilian), French (Rare)
Portuguese and French form of Bernhild.... [more]

Berenise f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of the name Berenice.

Berenisia f Polish
Diminutive of Berenika.

Berenize f Basque
Basque form of Berenice and Bérénice.

Berentine f Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Feminine form of Berent.

Berentrud f Germanic
Derived from Proto-Germanic beran or bernu "bear" (bero and bern in Old High German) combined with þruþ "strength."

Bérényss f French (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Bérénice.

Beret f Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Berit and Bereta.

Bereta f Swedish (Archaic), Old Swedish
Variant of Berita.

Berete f Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Bereta.

Bereth f Norwegian (Archaic)

Beretta f English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Beretta. The usage in the USA is probably influenced by the fact that there is a producer of firearms named Beretta.

Berette f Swedish
Variant of Berete.

Berezira f Afghan
Precious

Berezko f Basque Mythology
The natural form of Aide as oppose to Aideko, the supernatural form

Berfende f Kurdish
Means "avalanche" in Kurdish.

Berfu m & f Turkish, Kurdish

Bergama f Medieval Italian
Feminine form of Bergamo.

Bergamina f Medieval Italian
Diminutive of Bergama.

Bergdís f Old Norse, Icelandic
Combination of the Old Norse name elements borg "stronghold, fortification, castle" or bjǫrg "help, deliverance" and dís "goddess; woman, lady; sister" or dis "wise woman, seeress; woman, virgin".

Bergdis f Norwegian (Rare), Faroese
Younger form of Bergdís.

Bergevilde f Anglo-Saxon (Latinized)
Latinization of Burghild.

Bergfríð f Faroese
Combination of the Old Norse name elements bjǫrg "help, salvation" and fríðr "beautiful".

Bergheiður f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Icelandic variant of Björgheiður.

Bergida f Provençal
Provençal form of Bridget.

Bergido f Provençal
Variant of Bregido.

Bergita f German (Rare)

Berglind f Icelandic
Combination of the Old Norse name elements borg "stronghold, fortification, castle" or bjǫrg "help, deliverance" and lind "lime-tree, linden tree; linden spear-shaft; (protective shield of) linden wood".

Bergliót f Old Norse
Old Norse variant of Bergljót.

Berglioth f Swedish (Rare), Finnish (Rare)
Variant of Bergljot.

Bergmannía f Icelandic
Icelandic feminine form of Bergmann.

Bergny f Norwegian (Rare)
Norwegian variant of Borgny.

Bergný f Icelandic, Faroese
Icelandic and Faroese variant of Borgný.

Bergrán f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Old Norse bjǫrg "help, salvation" combined with the name of the Norse goddess Rán.

Bergrós f Icelandic
Combination of the Old Norse name elements borg "stronghold, fortification, castle" or bjǫrg "help, deliverance" and rós "rose" (ultimately from Latin rosa "rose").

Bergrún f Icelandic
Variant of Borgrún.

Bergþóra f Old Norse, Icelandic
Feminine form of Bergþórr.

Bergtóra f Faroese
Faroese form of Bergþóra.

Berguitta f French
French spelling of Bergita.... [more]

Bergüzar f Turkish
Famous bearer: Turkish actress Bergüzar Korel

Berhem f Kurdish
Means "work, creation" in Kurdish.

Bêrî f Kurdish
Means "desire, yearning" in Kurdish.

Beri f Kurdish (Rare)
Beri means a lady shepherd, mountain lady, or it's from the name "Berivan", which can mean a certain type of mountain flower

Beri- f Japanese
From Japanese 苺 (beri-) meaning "strawberry", 果実 (beri-) meaning "fruit; nut; berry" or other kanji pronounced in the same way. ... [more]

Bêrîcan f Kurdish
From bêrî meaning "yearning" and can meaning "soul".

Berika f Japanese
From Japanese 苺 (beri) meaning "strawberry" combined with 花 (ka) meaning "flower". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Beril f English (Rare)
Variant of Beryl. Beril Jents (1918-2013) was an Australian fashion designer. She is recognized as "Australia’s first queen of haute couture".

Berill f Hungarian (Modern, Rare)
Hungarian adoption of Beryl.

Berilla f English (Rare, Archaic)
This name is probably an elaboration of Beryl. It was used from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century.

Berimira f Croatian (Rare)
Feminine form of Berimir.

Beri-na f Japanese
From Japanese 苺 (beri-) meaning "strawberry" combined with 楠 (na) meaning "camphor tree". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Berina f Bosnian
Feminine form of Berin.

Beringhiera f Italian
Feminine form of Beringhiero, itself a variant of Berengario.

Berinice f Brazilian (Rare)
Variant of Berenice.

Berinthia f Theatre, Literature, English (Rare)
Meaning unknown, perhaps first used by Sir John Vanbrugh for a young widow in his play 'The Relapse' (1697). It was subsequently used by Richard Brinsley Sheridan for a widow in his play 'A Trip to Scarborough' (1777), and also appears in Dickens's 'Dombey and Son' (1848) belonging to Mrs Pipchin's niece.

Berire f Turkish
Turkish form of Barirah.

Berislava f Croatian
Feminine form of Berislav.

Berisuara f Spanish

Berita f Swedish (Rare)
Dialectal variant of Birgitta found in Scania.

Berivan f Kurdish
"Shepard" Sivan in Kurdish

Berke m & f Turkish, Medieval Mongolian
From Turkish berk and Mongolian бэрх (berkh) both meaning "strong, firm" or "difficult, hard", derived from Old Turkic bérk. This was the name of a ruler of the Mongol Golden Horde from 1257-1266... [more]

Berkeley m & f English
Transferred use of the surname Berkeley.

Berkenye f Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian berkenye "rowan".

Berklee f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Exclusively feminine variant of Berkeley.

Berkleigh f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Berkeley.

Berkley m & f English
Variant of Berkeley.

Berla f American (South, Archaic)

Berlanda f Medieval Occitan, Gascon

Berlanty f Arabic (Egyptian, Rare)

Berlewen f Cornish (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Cornish Borlowen "morning star, Venus".

Berlian f & m Indonesian
Means "diamond" in Indonesian, borrowed from English brilliant.

Berliana f Indonesian
Feminine variant of Berlian.

Berliani f Indonesian
Feminine variant of Berlian.

Berlie f English (Rare), American (South, Archaic)
Berlie Doherty (born 1943) is an English novelist, poet, playwright and screenwriter. She is best known for children's books, for which she has twice won the Carnegie Medal.

Berlina f Indonesian, South African, Filipino, Dutch (Rare)
Clearly feminine form of Berlin or a simplified form of Berlinda.

Berlind f Germanic, German (Rare)
Derived from Proto-Germanic *beran or *bernu "bear" (bero and bern in Old High German) combined with Old High German lind or lindi "soft, tender."

Berlinda f Dutch, German
Dutch and German form of Berlind.

Berlinde f German
From the Old High German name Berlind. It is borne by Belgian artist Berlinde de Bruyckere (1964-).

Berlitz f Spanish (Latin American)

Berly f Norwegian

Berlyn f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Berlin using the popular suffix lyn.

Berlynn f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Berlyn.

Berlynne f Obscure (Modern)
Excusively feminine form of Berlin, using the popular feminine name suffix lynne.

Berma f Kurdish
Means "lady" in Kurdish.

Bermonica f Obscure
Blend of Bernice and Monica.

Berna f Hungarian, German (Bessarabian), Dutch (Rare), Flemish (Rare), Afrikaans
Short form of Bernadett and Bernadetta as well as a Dutch and Afrikaans short form of names beginning with the element Bern-.

Berna f Spanish
Short form of Bernardina or Bernarda.

Bernabe f Medieval Occitan
Medieval Occitan variant feminine form of Bernat.

Bernabea f Spanish (Rare)
Feminine form of Bernabé.

Bernabela f Spanish
Feminine form of Bernabe.

Bernada f Catalan (Archaic)
Feminine form of Bernat.

Bernadene f English (Rare)
Variant of Bernadine.

Bernadet f Sorbian
Sorbian form of Bernadette.

Bernadèta f Lengadocian, Gascon
Languedocian and Gascon form of Bernadette.

Bernadete f Portuguese, French (African)
Variant of Bernadette.

Bernadeth f Filipino
Variant of Bernadette.

Bernadeto f Provençal
Provençal form of Bernadette.

Bernadien f Dutch (Rare)
Variant of Bernadine.

Bernadina f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Bernardina.

Bernadòta f Gascon (Archaic), Lengadocian
Gascon and Languedocian cognate of Bernadette.

Bernadyna f Polish (Rare)
Variant of Bernardyna.

Bernalda f Galician (Rare)
Galician form of Bernarda.

Bernaldina f Galician (Rare)
Variant of Bernardina.

Bernalee f South African

Bernarde f French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
Feminine form of Bernard. Marie-Bernarde Soubirous was the birth name of Saint Bernadette.

Bernardeta f Lithuanian, Polish, Albanian, Czech
Albanian, Czech, Lithuanian and Polish form of Bernardette.

Bernardete f Albanian, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Albanian and Brazilian form of Bernardette.

Bernardette f Maltese, French (Archaic), Dutch
Variant of Bernadette.

Bernardia f Various (Rare)
Feminine form of Bernard.

Bernardica f Croatian, Slovene
Diminutive of Bernarda.

Bernardien f Dutch
Dutch form of Bernardine.

Bernardika f Slovene
Originally a diminutive of Bernarda, occasionally used as a given name in its own right.

Bernardiñe f Basque (Rare)
Basque cognate of Bernardina and Bernardine.

Bernardka f Slovene
Originally a diminutive of Bernarda, used as a given name in its own right. This name is also treated as the Slovene form of Bernadette.

Bernardyna f Polish
Feminine form of Bernardyn.

Bernatka f Kashubian
Kashubian form of Bernadette.

Bernece f English (Rare)
Variant of Bernice.

Berneda f American (Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname Berneda.

Berneen f South African (Modern, Rare), Irish
Irish short form of Bernadette using the diminuitive suffix ín.

Bernegilde f Frankish
Derived from the Old Frankish or Old High German element bern meaning "bear" and Proto-Germanic *geldą meaning "reward, gift, money".

Berneice f English (American)
Variant of Bernice.

Bernelle f English (Rare)
Either a diminutive of names beginning with the element Bern-, such as Bernadette and Bernice, combined with the French feminine ending -elle or a quasi-feminization of the surname Bernell.

Bernett m & f English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Bernett.

Bernette f French, English
Possibly French diminutive of Bernadette.

Bernhardina f Dutch, Swedish, Finnish (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Bernhard.

Bernhardine f German
Feminine form of Bernhard.

Bernhild f German (Rare)
Derived from the Germanic elements bern meaning "bear" and hild meaning "battle."

Bernhilda f German (Rare), English (Rare)
Variant of Bernhild.

Bernhilde f German (Rare)
Variant of Bernhild.

Berni m & f English

Bernisa f German (Bessarabian)

Bernita f American
Variant of Bernadette or diminutive of names containing Bern and followed by the suffix -ita.

Bernitha f American

Bernnadette f African American (Rare)
Variant of Bernadette. Actress Bernadette Stanislaus, profesionally known as Bern Nadette Stanis, bears this name.

Bernódía f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Icelandic feminine form of Bernódus.

Berntine f Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Bernt.

Berntrud f Germanic
Variant of Berentrud.

Bernyce f English (Rare)
Variant of Bernice.

Bernye m & f Spanish, English
Form of Bernie.

Bero f Spanish (Latin American)
Diminutive of Verónica.

Beroe f Greek Mythology
This was the name of multiple characters in Greek mythology, including an old Epidaurian woman who nursed Semele.

Berol m & f English

Berolina f German (Rare)
The allegoric personification of the German city Berlin. Extremely rarely used as a given name.

Berónica f Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Verónica.

Beronica f American (Hispanic)
Unaccented form of Berónica mainly used in the United States.

Beronika f Basque
Basque form of Veronica.

Beronike f Basque
Coined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde as a Basque equivalent of Verónica and Véronique.

Beròta f Occitan
Feminine form of Beròt.

Berra f Turkish
Means "blessed soul" in Turkish.

Berrie f & m English (?)
Variant of Barry or Berry 2.

Berrin f Turkish
From Persian برین (barīn) meaning "highest, sublime".

Berrye f English (Rare)
Variant spelling of Berry 2.

Bersa f Old Norse
Feminine form of Bersi.

Bersab f Armenian
Diminutive form of Bersabeh.

Bersaba f Cornish (Archaic)
Cornish form of Bathsheba.

Bersabe f Jewish, American (Hispanic)

Bersabee f Hebrew (Hellenized), Biblical Greek
Greek form of Bathsheba, as it first appeared in the Septuagint. The modern Greek form of the name is Virsavee.

Bersabeh f Armenian, Amharic
Armenian and Amharic form of Bathsheba.

Berseba f Cornish (Archaic)
Variant of Bersaba.

Bershawn m & f African American

Bersinda f Asturian
Asturian form of Gumersinda.

Bersybee f Cornish (Archaic)
Variant of Bersaba.

Bèrta f Gascon
Gascon form of Bertha.

Berta f Spanish, Spanish (Philippines)
Short form of Alberta, Roberta and other names ending in berta.

Bertácska f Hungarian
Diminutive form of Berta.

Bertana f Anglo-Saxon (Latinized)
Possibly derived from Old English beorht "bright".

Bertautė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Bertautas.

Berte f Jewish, Yiddish
Means "knoll" in Yiddish. It is also considered the Yiddish form of the name Bertha.

Berte f Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), French (Rare)
Variant of Berta as well as a French variant of Berthe.

Bertechildis f Frankish
Bertechildis was the fifth wife of Dagobert I, King of the Franks. Her name is a form of Berthild.

Bertefleda f Germanic
Derived from Old High German beraht "bright" combined with flâdi "beauty, respectability."

Berteflede f Germanic, History
Variant of Bertefleda. Berteflede was a daughter of Charibert I, a 6th-century Merovingian king of Paris.

Bertegilde f Frankish
Derived from the Old Frankish or Old Saxon element berht, Old High German beraht meaning "bright" (Proto-Germanic *berhtaz) and Proto-Germanic *geldą meaning "reward, gift, money"... [more]

Bertegund f Germanic
Derived from Old High German beraht "bright" combined with Old High German gund "war."

Berteka f Old Swedish
Old Swedish diminutive of Berta.

Bertel m & f German
Diminutive of Berta, Berthold or other names with Bert-.

Berteline f Danish (Archaic)
Diminutive of Berte as well as a feminine form of Bertel.

Berþa f Anglo-Saxon
Old English form of Bertha, from earlier Old English Berhte meaning "bright one" (from beorht "bright")... [more]

Berthabelle f English (?)
Berthabelle is a compound of Bertha and Belle.

Berthegund f Germanic
Variant of Bertegund.

Bertheline f French (Archaic), French (Belgian, Archaic), French (Quebec, Archaic), Greenlandic (Rare), Danish (Archaic)
French diminutive of Berthe and Danish variant of Berteline.

Berthella f English (American, Rare)
Elaboration of Bertha.

Berthenia f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Parthenia via its variant Perthenia. Also compare Barthenia.... [more]

Berther f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Bertha.

Berthilde f Germanic, Dutch, English, German, History
Variant of Berthild. Berthilde lived in the 7th century AD and was one of the five wives of Dagobert I, king of the Franks.

Berthilia f German (Bessarabian)
Variant of Bertilia.

Berthille f French, French (Belgian)
Variant of Bertille.

Berthina f Dutch (Rare)
Variant of Bertina.

Berthine f Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Bertine.

Berthoumine f Medieval French, French (Archaic)
Archaic southern French feminine form of Berthoumieu, a southern French form of Barthélémy.

Bertica f Slovene
Diminutive of Berta.

Bertice f African American (Modern, Rare)

Bertička f Czech
Diminutive of Berta, not used as a given name in its own right.

Bertien f Dutch
Dutch form of Bertine, with its spelling phonetical in nature.

Bertila f Asturian
Asturian form of Berthild.

Bertilda f Louisiana Creole, Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Bertilde.

Bertilde f Louisiana Creole, French (Rare, Archaic), Spanish (Latin American, Rare), History (Hispanicized)
French variant and Spanish form of Berthilde.

Bertile f French (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Bertille.

Bertilia f Dutch, German, English, Spanish, Portuguese
Form of Berthild. Bertilia was the name of a 7th-century saint from Mareuil (France).

Bertilîna f Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Berteline.

Bertilla f German (Swiss), Italian, Romansh, Hungarian, German (Bessarabian)
Form of Berthild in various languages.

Bertina f Hungarian
Short form of Albertina as well as an elaboration of Berta.

Bertine f Dutch, French (Rare), Norwegian, Flemish, Walloon
Diminutive of Berte as well as a short form of names ending in -bertine.

Bertine f Hebrew (?), Yiddish (?), Jewish (?)

Bertisma f Germanic, Medieval French
Derived from the Old Frankish or Old Saxon element berht, Old High German beraht meaning "bright" (compare Bertha) combined with -isma, a variant of the Latin superlative suffix -issima.

Bertka f Slovene
Diminutive of Berta.

Bertl m & f German
Diminutive of Bert (masculine), Berta (feminine) and other names that contain the Germanic element beraht meaning "bright".

Bertlinde f Germanic, Medieval French
Derived from the Old German elements beraht "bright" and lind "soft, gentle, tender".

Bertolda f Hungarian
Feminine form of Bertold.

Bertolfa f Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Bertolfo

Bertolina f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Feminine form of Bertolino.

Bertolomeva f Aragonese
Feminine form of Bertolomeu.

Bertomiva f Gascon
Feminine form of Bertomiu.

Bertrada f Germanic, History, Medieval Polish, German (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Bertrad. ... [more]

Bertrade f Frankish
French form of Bertrada. This name was borne by Bertrade of Montfort, a queen consort of France.

Bertrana f Medieval Occitan, Gascon
Feminine form of Bertran.

Bertranda f Provençal
Feminine form of Bertrand.

Bertrande f French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), Medieval French
Feminine form of Bertrand.

Bertraneta f Medieval Occitan, Gascon (Archaic)
Medieval Gascon feminine diminutive of Bertran.

Bertranne f Medieval French
Middle French feminine form of Bertrand or Bertram.

Bertresa f English (American)
Maybe derived from the surname Bertrés.

Bertrice f English (Rare)
Maybe a rhotic dialect form of Beatrice. An influence of popular names beginning in Ber- like Bert is possible.

Bertrud f Germanic, German
Derived from Old High German beraht "bright" combined with þruþ "strength."

Bertrude f Frankish
Variant of Bertrud. This was the name of a 7th-century Frankish queen consort.

Bertrun f Germanic
Derived from Old High German beraht "bright" and run "secret lore".

Bertsetseg f Mongolian
Means "pincushion flower" (species Scabiosa comosa) in Mongolian, a kind of purple-blue flower in the honeysuckle genus. Ultimately derived from бэр (ber) meaning "bride, daughter-in-law, sister-in-law" and цэцэг (tsetseg) meaning "flower".

Bertta f Finnish
Finnish form of Berta.

Bertuccia f Medieval Italian
Medieval Italian diminutive of Berta, as -uccia is an Italian feminine diminutive suffix.... [more]

Bertylda f Medieval Polish
Polish form of Berthild.

Beru f Japanese, Popular Culture
From Japanese 鈴 (beru) meaning "bell". Other kanji combinations are possible.... [more]

Beru f Bariba
Name traditionally given to the sixth born daughter.

Beruka f Ancient Greek
Beruka is a Old Greek name and a derivative of the name Beronica.

Berunka f Czech
Diminutive form of Berenika.

Berura f Jewish (Ashkenazi), Hebrew
allegedly means "pure" in Aramaic. compare Bruria

Beruša f Czech (Rare), Slovak (Rare)
Czech and Slovak diminutive of Berenika. Also compare Beruška.

Beruška f Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak diminutive of Berenika. Also compare Beruša.

Beruta f Lithuanian (Rare)

Berúthiel f Literature
A character mentioned in JRR Tolkien's works. The name is derived from the fictional Sindarin language, and possibly means "angry queen", from a combination of bereth meaning "queen, spouse" or "supreme, sublime", ruth meaning "anger", and the feminine suffix "-iel".

Bervainė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Bervainas.

Beryan f History (Ecclesiastical)
Cornish form of Buriana.

Béryl f & m French (Modern, Rare)
French form of Beryl.

Béryle f French (Modern, Rare)

Beryll f English (Rare)
Variant of Beryl.

Berylla f Obscure
Variant of Beryl.

Bérylune f Theatre
Perhaps an elaborated form of French béryl meaning "beryl", possibly blending it with the word lune "moon". This was used by the Belgian playwright and poet Maurice Maeterlinck for a fairy in his play 'The Blue Bird' (1908).

Berzê f Kurdish
From Kurdish berz meaning "high".

Bes f English
Variant spelling of Bess or Bessy.

Besa f Albanian
Derived from Albanian besë meaning "pledge, word of honor; trust, faith".

Besara f Albanian
Feminine form of Besar.

Beşaret f Turkish
Means "announcement (of good news)" in Turkish.... [more]

Besarta f Albanian
Feminine form of Besart.

Besa-yoona f Paiute

Bescha f Yiddish
Variant of Bascha.

Besê f Kurdish
From Kurdish bes meaning "only" or "enough".

Besel f Jewish
Diminutive of Basya

Beselot f Amharic
Means "gained through prayer" in Amharic.

Beshi f & m Japanese
From Japanese 辺, 邊 (be) “area, place, vicinity” or 倍 (be) meaning “multiple times” or 部 (be) meaning “part, section” combined with 四 (shi) “four”, 清 (shi) “clean, pure, clear”, 詩 (shi) “poetry, poem, verse” 志 (shi) “will, purpose, ambition”, or 史 (shi) meaning “history”... [more]

Besiana f Albanian
Variant of Besjana.

Besime f Albanian
Feminine form of Besim 2.

Besime f Turkish
Turkish form of Basima.

Besina f Medieval Italian
Of uncertain origin and meaning. It might be a diminutive of Elisabetta.

Besiona f Albanian (Rare)
Variant of Besjona.

Besitazión f Aragonese (Rare)
Aragonese form of Visitación.

Besjana f Albanian
Derived from Besiana, one of the Albanian names of Podujevo, a city in north-eastern Kosovo. Allegedly, the name is ultimately derived from Albanian besë "faith; belief; trust; oath; promise".

Besjona f Albanian
Variant of Besjana.

Besma f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic بسمة (see Basma) chiefly used in North Africa.

Besmira f Albanian
Feminine form of Besmir.

Besnike f Albanian
Feminine form of Besnik.

Besorah f Hebrew
Besorah means news. Paired with Tova it means good news.

Besse f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Bessie.

Bessee f Manx
Manx form of Bessie and Betty.

Bessel f Judeo-French
Diminutive of Bethsabe.

Besselyn f Medieval Jewish, Yiddish (Archaic)
Diminutive of Basel (via its variant Besel). It was recorded in 14th-century Frankfurt, Germany.

Besseta f Scots (Archaic), Medieval Scottish
Diminutive of Elizabeth.

Bessica f English (American, Rare)
Likely an elaboration of Bessie.

Bessille f Arthurian Cycle
In the Prose Tristan, a Cornish woman who loved Tristan. When Tristan rejected her, she became the paramour of Andred, Tristan’s enemy, and conspired to reveal his affair with Isolde to King Mark.

Bessy f English
Variant of Bessie.

Bestari f & m Indonesian
Means "smart, well-educated" in Indonesian, ultimately from Sanskrit विस्तार (vistāra).

Besthe m & f Hindi

Bestin f Kurdish
Means "tie, connect" in Kurdish.

Bestla f Norse Mythology, Astronomy
Bestla is a giantess in Norse Mythology. She is married to Borr and mother of Odin, Vili and Vé... [more]