Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Burgutoy f UzbekDerived from the Uzbek
burgut meaning "eagle" and
oy meaning "moon".
Buriana f History (Ecclesiastical, Latinized)This was the name of an Irish saint who lived during the 6th-century, a hermit in St Buryan, near Penzance, Cornwall. She is identified with the Irish Saint Bruinsech.
Burkney f Icelandic (Rare)Combination of the Old Norse name elements
burkni "brake, common fern" and
ey "island; flat land along a coast" (which is also often related to the Old Norse name element
auja "(gift of) luck; fortune").
Burma f English (American)This name was sporadically used in the American South in the early 20th-century. Perhaps it is just a transferred use of the place name.
Burnu f Obscure, Popular CulturePossibly an elaboration of English
burn. This was the stage name of American actress Burnu Acquanetta (1921-2004; real name Mildred Davenport), sometimes known simply as Acquanetta, who claimed it was an Arapaho name meaning "burning fire".
Buronya m & f AkanMeans "Christmas" in Akan. This may be given to children born around this time of year.
Burul f KyrgyzMeans "enough" in Kyrgyz. It was traditionally given to girls when her parents had "enough girls" in hopes of a male child.
Busabo f UzbekPossibly from the Uzbek
bu meaning "this" and
sabo meaning "morning breeze".
Busəgül f AzerbaijaniFrom the Azerbaijani
busə meaning "kiss" and
gül meaning "flower, rose".
Busine f PunuMeans "wealth, richness, well-being" in Punu.
Busy f ObscureDiminutive of
Elizabeth influenced by the spelling of the English word
busy. A known bearer is American actress Busy Phillips (1975-).
Bütenbayar m & f MongolianFrom Mongolian бүтэн
(büten) meaning "whole, entire, full" and баяр
(bayar) meaning "joy, celebration".
Butet f BatakMeans "girl, daughter" in Toba Batak.
Butterfly f English (Modern)Used to invoke the brilliantly-colored winged insect, which is widely seen as a symbol of metamorphosis, renewal, and rebirth, as well as one of youth and beauty. This is the birth name of a noted Australian folk singer, Butterfly Boucher, among others.
Buvianbar f UzbekDerived from the Uzbek
buvi meaning "grandmother, mother" and
anbar meaning "ambergris".
Buviqand f UzbekDerived from the Uzbek
buvi meaning "grandmother, mother" and
qand meaning "sugarcube".
Buvisuluv f UzbekDerived from the Uzbek
buvi meaning "grandmother, mother" and
sulu(v) meaning "beautiful".
Buvizahro f UzbekDerived from the Uzbek
buvi meaning "grandmother, mother" and the given name
Zahro.
Buwan f & m TagalogMeans "moon" in Tagalog. It is not often used as a given name.
Buwozi m & f IjawMeans "a child whose feet came out first before the head during birth" in Ijaw.
Buyan m & f MongolianMeans "good deed, virtue, charity" or "fortune, blessing" in Mongolian.
Buyan-amgalan m & f MongolianFrom Mongolian буян
(buyan) meaning "good deed, virtue, charity" or "fortune, blessing" and амгалан
(amgalan) meaning "peaceful, calm".
Buyan-arvizhikh m & f MongolianMeans "accumulate good luck" in Mongolian, from буян
(buyan) meaning "good deed, virtue, charity" or "fortune, blessing" and арвижих
(arvijikh) meaning "to accumulate".
Buyanbat m & f MongolianFrom Mongolian буян
(buyan) meaning "good deed, virtue, charity" or "fortune, blessing" and бат
(batu) meaning "strong, loyal, firm".
Buyanchimeg f MongolianFrom Mongolian буян
(buyan) meaning "good deed, virtue, charity" or "fortune, blessing" and чимэг
(chimeg) meaning "ornament, decoration".
Buyandelger f & m MongolianMeans "abundant good luck" in Mongolian from буян
(buyan) meaning "good deed, virtue, charity" or "fortune, blessing" and дэлгэр
(delger) meaning "vast, wide" or "prosperous, abundant".
Buyanjargal f & m MongolianFrom Mongolian буян
(buyan) meaning "virtue, goodness, merit" and жаргал
(jargal) meaning "happiness, blessing".
Buyankhishig f & m MongolianFrom Mongolian буян
(buyan) meaning "good deed, virtue, charity" or "fortune, blessing" and хишиг
(khishig) meaning "blessing, favour".
Buyannemekh m & f MongolianMeans "add good luck" in Mongolian, from буян
(buyan) meaning "good deed, virtue, charity" or "fortune, blessing" and нэмэх
(nemekh) meaning "to add, increase; to enhance".
Buyantogtokh m & f MongolianFrom Mongolian буян
(buyan) meaning "good deed, virtue, charity" or "fortune, blessing" and тогтох
(togtokh) meaning "to settle, set, entrench" or "to decide, determine".
Buyantsetseg f MongolianDerived from Mongolian буян
(buyan) meaning "good deed, virtue, charity" or "fortune, blessing" and цэцэг
(tsetseg) meaning "flower".
Buyanzayaa f & m MongolianFrom Mongolian буян
(buyan) meaning "good deed, virtue, charity" or "fortune, blessing" and заяа
(zayaa) meaning "future, fortune, fate".
Buyanzhargal f & m MongolianMeans "good luck and happiness" in Mongolian, from буян
(buyan) meaning "good deed, virtue, charity" or "fortune, blessing" and жаргал
(jargal) meaning "happiness, blessing".
Buyinzhu f ManchuOf uncertain etymology, name borne by a Noble Lady (6th rank consort) of the Kangxi emperor. She was the sister of
Nalanzhu.
Buyon f BaribaName traditionally given to the fourth born daughter.
Byaain f AlaskanFemale given name created by Alaskan Native Eskimo Baayin Asiksick in the early 1900s.
Byamba m & f MongolianMeans "Saturday" in Mongolian, derived from Tibetan སྤེན་པ
(spen pa) meaning "Saturn (planet)" or "Saturday" (see
Pemba).
Byambadalai m & f MongolianFrom Mongolian бямба
(byamba) meaning "Saturday" and далай
(dalai) meaning "sea, ocean".
Byambajav m & f MongolianFrom Mongolian бямба
(byamba) meaning "Saturday" and жав
(jav) meaning "salvation, deliverance".
Byamba-ochir m & f MongolianFrom Mongolian бямба
(byamba) meaning "Saturday" and очир
(ochir) meaning "diamond" or "staff, truncheon; thunderbolt".
Byambasüren f & m MongolianFrom Mongolian бямба
(byamba) meaning "Saturday" and Tibetan ཚེ་རིང
(tshe ring) meaning "long life, longevity".
Byambatseren m & f MongolianFrom Mongolian бямба
(byamba) meaning "Saturday" combined with the given name
Tseren, ultimately derived from Tibetan ཚེ་རིང
(tshe ring) meaning "long life".
Byambatsogt m & f MongolianFrom Mongolian бямба
(byamba) meaning "Saturday" and цогт
(tsogt) meaning "spirited, ardent".
Byra f English (Rare)Feminine form of
Byron. This was borne by Byra Louise 'Puck' Whittlesey (1922-1988), the wife of Jack Hemingway, daughter-in-law of Ernest Hemingway and mother of actresses Mariel Hemingway and Margaux Hemingway.
Bytzel f Medieval GermanMaybe a diminutive of a name containing the secondary name element
BIZ, probably derived from
BID "to sustain; to hope"
Byung-Hee m & f KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 秉
(byeong) meaning "grasp, hold", "bundle", or "authority" or 丙
(byeong) "third" combined with 熙
(hui) "bright, splendid, glorious". Other hanja combinations are possible.
Bzhichog f TibetanMeans "four is enough" in Tibetan, perhaps expressing a wish for no more children.
Cà m & f VietnameseMeans "the eldest; the first" in a northern Vietnamese dialect.
Cabeza f Spanish (European)From
cabeza "head", after the Marian title
Virgen de la Cabeza, venerated in many points of Spain, specially in Andalusia. Legend has it that a shepherd found a statuette of Virgin Mary in La Cabeza hill in Sierra Morena.... [
more]
Cabry f & m ObscureTransferred use of the surname
Cabry, itself from the name of a river in Ireland.
Cacamacihuatl f Nahuatl, AztecEtymology uncertain, possibly from the Classical Nahuatl elements
cacamatl "small corncobs, small ears of corn" and
cihuatl "woman, wife". Name borne by a queen of Tenochtitlan.
Caçapava f TupiDerived from Tupi
ka'a asapaba meaning "stroll through the forest".
Cacark’a f AbazinFrom Russian цесарка (
tsesarka) meaning "guinea-hen".
Çacaxochitl m & f NahuatlThe name of a medicinal plant with yellow flowers, also called
coçatli ("weasel"). Possibly derived from
zacatl "grass, hay, straw" and
xochitl "flower".
Çäçkä f TatarFrom a variant Tatar word meaning "flower".
Çaçtıu f Karachay-BalkarFrom the Karachay-Balkar
чач (çaç) meaning "hair" and ultimately meaning "one with luxurious hair".
Caddie f English (Archaic)Diminutive of
Caroline. This name is borne by the titular character of Carol Ryrie Brink's children's historical fiction novel
Caddie Woodlawn.
Caddy f & m English (Rare), LiteratureVariant of
Caddie. Fictional bearers include Caddy Jellyby, a character in Charles Dickens' novel
Bleak House (1853), and
Candace "Caddy" Compson, a character in William Faulkner's novel
The Sound and the Fury (1929).
Cadenza f & m American (Rare)An "ornamental passage near the close of a song or solo," 1780, from Italian
cadenza "conclusion of a movement in music." See also
Cadence.
Cadiga f Arabic (Latinized), LiteratureArchaic transcription of
Khadija. This form is mostly used in older English translations of the Koran, as well as early translations of the Arabian Nights. A notable bearer of this name is the titular character's wife from the Arabian Nights-inspired novel "The History of Nourjahad" (1767) by Frances Sheridan.
Cady f & m English (Modern, Rare)While nowadays generally considered a phonetic spelling of
Katie or a diminutive of
Cadence,
Cady was originally derived from a surname which was either a variant of
Cade or an Anglicized form of Ó Ceadaigh ("descendant of
Céadach"), with Ceadach being a byname derived from Irish
ceadach "talkative".... [
more]
Caeda f EnglishDerived from the English word ‘cadence’ meaning melody, music. Caeda is a symbol of the sky, and also an expert Pegasus Knight.
Caela f IrishFeminine variant of
Caelan, ultimately from Irish
caol meaning "slender".
Caeldori f Popular CultureMost likely intended as an anagram of
Cordelia. This name was first used as the name of a character in Fire Emblem: Fates. She resembles Cordelia, a character from the previous game, Fire Emblem: Awakening.
Caesaria f Late Roman, History (Ecclesiastical)Feminine form of
Caesarius. Caesaria of Arles (also called Caesaria the Elder, died c. 530), was a saint and abbess. She was born in a Gallo-Roman family and was trained at John Cassian's foundation in Marseilles.
Cagney m & f EnglishGardener and kind friend in "The Penderwicks" by Jeanne Birdsall (National Book Award winner).... [
more]
Cahualix f NahuatlProbably derived from
cahualli "someone left behind; a widow, widower".
Cai m & f ChineseDerived from the Chinese character 财 (
cái) meaning "wealth; valuable; riches; money" or 彩 (
cǎi) meaning "colour; literary or artistic talent" but also "applause; cheer".... [
more]
Caichan f ChineseFrom the Chinese
彩 (cǎi) meaning "colour" and
婵 (chán) meaning "beautiful, lovely".
Caidian f ChineseFrom the Chinese
彩 (cǎi) meaning "colour" and
电 (diàn) meaning "lightning, electricity".
Caihua f ChineseFrom Chinese 彩 (cǎi) meaning "colour" combined with 花 (huā) meaning "flower, blossom" or 华 (huá) meaning "splendid, illustrious, Chinese", 彩画 (cǎihuà) meaning "colour painting", or 菜花 (càihuā) meaning "cauliflower; rape blossom"... [
more]
Caijuan f ChineseFrom the Chinese
财 (cái) meaning "wealth, riches" and
娟 (juān) meaning "beautiful, graceful".
Cailian f ChineseFrom the Chinese
财 (cái) meaning "wealth, valuable, riches" and
莲 (lián) meaning "lotus, water lily".
Caillic f ScottishDerived from the Gaelic word
caileag meaning "girl", or possibly from the related word
cailleach meaning "old woman", which is also the name of a Scottish and Irish mythological figure (see
Beira) and comes from Old Irish
caillech "veiled (one)", from
caille "veil", an early loanword from Latin
pallium "a cloak" (i.e., the ecclesiastical garment worn by nuns).
Cailuan f ChineseFrom the Chinese
彩 (cǎi) meaning "colour" and
鸾 (luán), a mythological bird.
Cain f WelshMeans "beautiful, fair" in Welsh. This was the name of a 5th-century saint.
Cainnear f Old Irish, Irish MythologyFrom Irish
caoin meaning "gentle", and
der meaning "daughter". This was the name of Queen
Medb's daughter in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Some saints have borne this name as well.