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Bow m & f English (Rare)A variant of
Bo 1, probably influenced by the word "bow" which is used to shoot with arrows or by the word "bowtie", or a diminutive of
Rainbow.
Bowchompoo f Thai (Rare)A famous bearer would be famous thai pop singer, Bowchompoo, whose real name is Wanthip Srithongthuam.
Bowonrat f & m ThaiFrom Thai บวร
(bowon) meaning "sublime, glorious, distinguished, best" and รัตน์
(rat) meaning "gem, jewel".
Boxian f & m ChineseFrom the Chinese
波 (bō) meaning "wave" or
伯 (bó) meaning "older brother" and
娴 (xián) meaning "elegant, refined" or
贤 (xián) meaning "virtuous, worthy, good".
Boychechak f UzbekDerived from the Uzbek
boy meaning "rich, wealthy" and
chechak meaning "sweet".
Bo-yeon f & m KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 甫 "begin; man, father; great" or 普 "universal, general, widespread" (
bo), and 娟 "beautiful, graceful" or 淵 "gulf, abyss, deep" (
yeon).
Bo-yeong f KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 寶 "treasure, jewel; precious, rare" and 英 "petal, flower, leaf".
Boying f ChineseFrom the Chinese
波 (bō) meaning "wave" and
莹 (yíng) meaning "luster of gems, lustrous".
Boysuluv f UzbekDerived from the Uzbek
boy meaning "rich, wealthy" and
sulu(v) meaning "beautiful".
Bozgul f TajikMeans "falcon rose" From
боз (
boz) meaning "falcon" and
гул (
gul) meaning "flower, rose" (see
gol)
Božica f Slovak, SloveneSlovak and Slovene diminutive of
Božidara and Slovene diminutive of
Božislava. While the Slovak name is not used as a given name in its own right, the Slovene name is.
Brace m & f EnglishLikely intended as a variant of
Brice. Middle English (as a verb meaning ‘clasp, fasten tightly’) from Old French
bracier ‘embrace’, from
brace ‘two arms’, from Latin
bracchia, plural of
bracchium ‘arm’, from Greek
brakhiōn.
Braidi f AmericanFeminine variant of
Brady, with an "i" added in the middle to evoke the english word "braid"
Branddís f IcelandicCombination of the Old Norse name elements
brandr "(burning) log, pole; fire, torch; sword, swordblade" and
dís "goddess; woman, lady; sister" or
dis "wise woman, seeress; woman, virgin".
Brandine f Popular CulturePossibly a combination of
Brandy and the popular suffix
-ine. Brandine Spuckler is Cletus's wife on the American animated series
The Simpsons.
Brandis f American (Modern)Apparently a modern invented name, blending
Brandy with
Candice (or
Beatrice), though it coincides with a surname which was taken from a place name (either "from from a former Brandis castle in Emmental near Bern, Switzerland, or from any of the places so named in Saxony, Germany", or from the Czech town of Brandýs, on the Labe (Elbe) river (German
Brandeis)).
Branie f Arthurian CycleA lady at Arthur’s court. Both Branie of the High Mountain and her sister, Clameroi, failed a chastity test.
Brashlyn f English (Rare)Combination of the English word "Brash" and the suffix -lyn. Possible variant of the popular name "Ashlyn".
Brauna f GermanFeminine form of "Braun", which means "brown" in German.
Braunwyn f English (Rare)Probably an English variant of
Bronwyn. A known bearer of this name is Braunwyn Windham-Burke (b. 1977), who stars in the American reality television series
The Real Housewives of Orange County (2006-).
Brave m & f EnglishFrom the French
brave, from the Italian
bravo, itself either from Provençal
brau 'show-off', from the Gaulish
*bragos 'fine', or from the Latin
*bravus, from a fusion of
pravus and
barbarus into a root
*bravus.
Braya f Medieval CornishMedieval Cornish name which is said to be derived from Cornish
bregh "brave; fine".
Brayleen f EnglishPossibly a combination of the English surname
Bray, from the Cornish
bre 'hill' combined with the suffix
-leen. Another possibility is that it's a feminized variant of
Brayden combined with the suffix
-leen.
Bre f EnglishDiminutive of name beginning with Bre-, Bri-, and Bry-. Most notably for
Brianna.
Breaca f Medieval Cornish (Latinized)Latinized form of
Breage, from Cornish
bregh "brave". The 5th-century Cornish saint Breage is also known as Breaca or Bray. Breage is also probably the source of the medieval Cornish name
Braya.... [
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Bredil f Assyrianin ancient assyrian mythilogy this was the name of daughter of god of gods "il". Assyrian may refer to: Anything from Assyria, an ancient empire in Mesopotamia.
Breeze f & m EnglishFrom the English word "breeze" referring to "a light, gentle wind". From the Dutch
bries 'breeze', from the Eastern Frisian
brîse 'breeze', from
brisen 'to blow fresh and strong'.
Breguswið f Anglo-SaxonDerived from Old English
bregu "ruler" (supposedly borrowed from Old Norse
bragr "best, most splendid"; compare
Bragi) and
swiþ "strong"... [
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Bremusa f Greek Mythology (Latinized)Latinized form of Βρεμουσα
(Bremousa), which allegedly meant "raging woman" from Greek βρέμω
(bremo) "to roar, shout, rage". This was the name of one of the twelve Amazon warriors who followed Penthesilea into the Trojan War.
Breysia f Medieval SwissDerived from Latin
Brixia, the name of a city situated in Gallia Cisalpina, now called
Brescia in Lombardy, Italy.
Brezo f Spanish (European, Rare)Means "heather" in Spanish, taken from the title of the Virgin Mary
Nuestra Señora del Brezo meaning "Our Lady of the Heather". She is venerated in the Spanish province of Palencia.... [
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