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

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

Bessy f English
Variant of Bessie.

Betel f Tamil
Betel is a "type of plant from South and South East Asia."

Bétén f Bette
Means "favourite female friend" in Bette Obudu.

Betha f Scottish
Anglicized variant of Beathag.

Betha f Romansh
Variant of Beta.

Betha f Medieval English
Variant of Bethia.

Bethy f English
Diminutive of Bethany, Elizabeth, and other names containing beth.

Betja f Yiddish (Germanized, Rare)
Of uncertain origin and meaning; theories include a German-Yiddish variant of Bithiah.

Bětka f Czech
Diminutive of Alžběta via the variant diminutive Běta.

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

Betli f German (Swiss)
Diminutive of Elisabeth.

Beton f Medieval English
Diminutive Beatrice and Beatrix.

Beton f Medieval Welsh
Medieval variant of Bethan.

Betra f Polynesian
Means "love" in Marshallese.

Bêtri f Walloon
Walloon form of Béatrice.

Bétry f French (Archaic)
Local variant of Béatrix found in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of France up until the 1700s.

Betsi f English
Variant of Betsy.

Betta f Italian, Romansh
Italian and Romansh short form of Elisabetta.

Betta f Sicilian
Contracted form of Binidetta.

Betta f Hungarian
Short form of Babett, Berta and Erzsébet.

Betta f Frankish
Diminutive of Bertha, or of Germanic names containing the Old Frankish or Old Saxon element berht, Old High German beraht meaning "bright" (Proto-Germanic *berhtaz)... [more]

Betté f Jèrriais
Diminutive of Élîzabé and Lîzabé and thus an equivalent to English Betty.

Betti f Estonian, Hungarian, German (Swiss)
Estonian short form of Eliisabet, Hungarian short form of Erzsébet and Swiss German short form of Elisabeth.

Bettý f Icelandic, Faroese
Icelandic and Faroese form of Betty.

Betua f Gaulish
Derived from Gaulish *betua "birch tree".

Betye f English (American)
Variant of Betty.

Betzy f Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Betsy.

Beula f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Beulah.

Beuna f American (South, Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Buena.

Bevie f English
Diminutive of Beverly.

Beyan f Kurdish
Means "morning" in Kurdish.

Beyaz f Turkish
Means "white" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic بياض (bayāḍ).

Beyla f Norse Mythology
From the reconstructed Proto-Norse name *Baunila, possibly meaning "little bean" or "little swelling". In Norse mythology, Beyla is a servant of the god Freyr with her husband Bryggvir.

Beyla f Yiddish
See Baila

Beyle f Judeo-French
Variant of Bele.

Bhanu m & f Indian, Hindi, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Telugu
Means "ray of light, brightness, splendour" in Sanskrit.

Bhumi m & f Shona
It means "wolf".

Biana f Jewish

Biana f Literature
Means "fair skinned", "white", or "fair". It was invented for a character in the Keeper of the Lost Cities series, Biana Amberly Vacker, by Shannon Messenger.

Biana f Afro-American (Slavery-era)
Biana is the name of a character from the KOTLC book series.... [more]

Biata f Medieval Russian, Sicilian
Variant of Beata.

Biata f Sardinian
Sardinian form of Beatrice.

Bibbe f English (American, Rare)
The given name of the artist, musician, and actress Bibbe Hansen (*1952).

Bibbi f Swedish, Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Mainly a diminutive of Birgitta and its variant forms (see also Bibi).

Bibit m & f Javanese
Means "origin, source, offspring, seed" in Javanese.

Bíbor f Hungarian (Rare)
Old Hungarian name originally meaning "flax tissue", nowadays it is associated with Hungarian word "purple". Its more popular diminutive is Bíborka.

Bicia f Medieval Italian

Bidan f Chinese

Bidda f Romani (Archaic)

Bieke f Dutch (Rare), Flemish
Diminutive of Beatrijs/Beatrix and Sabina/Sabine as well as Gabrielle (via its short forms Gabi and Gabie).

Bieke f West Frisian
Variant of Bietje.

Biela f Portuguese (Brazilian), Galician
Short form of Gabriela.

Biele f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Feminine variant of Biel

Bieng f Chinese (Teochew)
Teochew Chinese form of Ban.

Bieta f Polish
Diminutive of Elżbieta.

Biffy f English (American)
Diminutive of Elizabeth.

Bigaŋ m & f Dagbani
"Not discriminated" denoting "I will not discriminate"

Bigga f Sami
Sami diminutive of Birgitta.

Biggá f Sami
Sami form of Biggi.

Bigge f & m Sami, Swedish
Sami variant of Biggi and Swedish diminutive of Birger.

Biggi f Danish, German
Pet form of Brigitte, Birgit and their variants.

Bigna f Romansh
Romansh form of Barbara as well as a variant of Bina. This name is traditionally found in the Engadine valley.

Bihan f Chinese
From the Chinese characters 碧 (bì) meaning "jade; green, blue" and 晗 (hán) meaning "pre-dawn".

Bihar f Kurdish
Kurdish form of Behar.

Bihri f Jewish

Bihui f Chinese
From the Chinese 必 (bì) meaning "surely, most certainly" and 惠 (huì) meaning "benefit, favour, kindness".

Bihxa m & f Yi
Means "one hundred ceremonies" in Yi.

Biibi f Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Bibe.

Biijá f Sami
Sami form of Pia and variant of Birrá.

Bijal f Hinduism
bijal means the richel,sine.... [more]

Bijîn f Kurdish
Means "desire, long for" in Kurdish.

Bijin m & f Japanese
From Japanese 実 (bi) meaning "fruit, good result, truth" or 美 (bi) meaning "beautiful" combined with 人 (jin) meaning "person". Other kanji combinations are possible.... [more]

Bijin f Chinese
From the Chinese 碧 (bì) meaning "jade, green, blue" and 锦 (jǐn) meaning "bright and beautiful, brocade, tapestry, embroidery".

Bijiu f Chinese
From the Chinese 馝 (bì) meaning "fragrance" and 久 (jiǔ) meaning "a long time ago".

Bijul f Indian

Bijya f Kurdish
Derived from Kurdish bijîn meaning "enviable".

Biket f Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Diminutive of Rebecca.

Bikká f Sami
Sami variant of Biggá.

Bilan f Somali

Bilan f Chinese
From the Chinese 璧 (bì) meaning "piece of jade with hole" or 碧 (bì) meaning "jade, green, blue" and 兰 (lán) meaning "orchid".

Bilbi f Literature
Hebrew transcription of Pippi, used in the Hebrew translation of 'The Adventures of Pippi Longstocking'.

Bileg m & f Mongolian
Means "gift, talent, aptitude" in Mongolian.

Bilen f Tigrinya
Means "beautiful" in Tigrinya.

Bilen f Amharic
Means "iris" in Amharic.

Bilgə f Azerbaijani
From the Turkish bilge meaning "wise, profound".

Bilia f Medieval Italian

Bilin f Chinese
From the Chinese 必 (bì) meaning "surely, most certainly", 馝 (bì) meaning fragrance" or 碧 (bì) meaning "jade, blue, green" and 琳 (lín) meaning "beautiful jade, gem", 凛 (lǐn) meaning "cold, severe, strict" or 粼 (lín) meaning "clear".

Bilka f Slovene
Diminutive of Biljana.

Bilke f Low German (Modern, Rare)
Low German diminutive of Names starting in Bil- (from the Germanic name element BILI "gentleness").

Billa f Dutch, Limburgish
Dutch and Limburgish short form of Sibilla.

Billa f Jewish
Variant of Bila.

Billi f English
Variant of Billie.

Bilma f Aragonese
Aragonese form of Vilma.

Bimin f Chinese
From the Chinese 馝 (bì) meaning "fragrance" or 碧 (bì) meaning "green, blue" and 旻 (mín) meaning "heaven".

Bimla f Punjabi
Means "rose" in Punjabi.

Bimpẹ f Yoruba
Means "one who is gorgeous and beautiful" in Yoruba.

Bimpɛ f Yoruba
Beninese variant of Bimpẹ.

Binah f Hebrew, Jewish
Variant transcription of Bina.

Binah f Bobangi
Means "a dancer" in Bobangi.

Binar f Indonesian
Means "Twinkle" i.e. eyes, stars, etc

Binat f Hebrew

Binaz f Kurdish
Means "coquettish" in Kurdish.

Binca f Slovene
Short form of Albinca.

Binda f Indigenous Australian
Means 'Green place' and 'Deep water'.

Bindi f Indigenous Australian, Nyungar
Means "butterfly" from the word bindi-bindi in Nyungar, spoken in Western Australian near Perth.... [more]

Bindu f Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Nepali
Means "drop, point, dot" in Sanskrit.

Binge f Chinese
From the Chinese characters 炳 (bǐng) meaning "bright, luminous; glorious" and 娥 (é) meaning "be beautiful; good".

Bingo m & f Popular Culture, Pet
From an alternative form of bing, suggesting a ringing sound. As an exclamation of surprise or sudden realization, bingo! is attested from 1923.

Binia f Romansh
Variant of Bignia.

Binja f German (Swiss)
Variant of Bigna, written according to German phonetics.

Binka f Kashubian
Diminutive of names ending in -bina, such as Albina and Sabina.

Binky m & f English (Rare)
A nickname of unknown meaning. A notable bearer of the nickname is Binky Felstead from the show 'Made in Chelsea', whose real name is Alexandra.

Binna f & m Korean (Modern)
From the stem of verb 빛나다 (binnada) meaning "to shine," effectively a combination of Bit and verb 나다 (nada) meaning "to be born; to appear, arise; to break/come out; to grow, spread."

Binny f English
Diminutive of Benita. In British television show, 'The Kids of 47A' (1973-1975), one of the sisters Gathercole is called Binny, but in this case her given name was Belinda.

Binta f Hausa
From the Arabic بِنْت‎ (bint) meaning "daughter".

Binti f Indonesian
Derived from Arabic بِنْت (bint) meaning "daughter, girl".

Bintu f & m Nigerian

Biola f Marshallese
Marshellese form of Violet.

Biora f Japanese
From Japanese 実 (bi) meaning "fruit, good result, truth", 緒 (o) meaning "thread" combined with 羅 (ra) meaning "lightweight fabric". Other kanji combinations are possible.... [more]

Biote f Ancient Greek
From Greek βιοτή (bioté) "living, sustenance".

Biran m & f Indian, Hindi

Biray f & m Arabic (Egyptian, Rare)
Name found in the Bible rare used back in history.Biray is a late loan word from and refers to the fortified acropolis, usually built at the highest and most easily defensible part of a city ( Nehemiah 1:1; Esther 1:2 ). It referred to the fortress near the Temple in the rebuilt Jerusalem (Nehemiah 2:8 ) A castle place or mountain.

Birca f German (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Birka.

Birca f Kurdish
Possibly from the Kurdish birc meaning "tower".

Bircə f Azerbaijani (Rare)
Means "the only one" in Azerbaijani.

Birce f Turkish
Turkish form of Bircə.

Birda f American (South)
Variant of Bertha, influenced by Birdie.

Birdo f Popular Culture
Birdo, known in Japan as Catherine (キャサリン Kyasarin), is a recurring character in the Mario franchise. Her first appearance was as an enemy in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic, which was rebranded as Super Mario Bros... [more]

Birdy f English
Variant of Birdie.

Biret f Sami
Sami cognate with Berit or Birgit, ultimately from Bridget. Sami short form of Birita.

Birga f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Archaic), German (Rare)
Contracted form of Birgitta, as well as a feminine form of Birger.

Biria f Shona
Means "gathering" in Shona.

Birin m & f Shipibo-Conibo
From the Shipibo biri meaning "shining" and the genitive suffix -n.

Birit f Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Short form of Birgitta.

Birje f Sami
Sami form of Pirjo.

Birjo f Estonian (Rare)
Estonian cognate of Pirjo.

Birka f German
Variant of Birke.

Birke f German
German name of debated origin and meaning. Current theories include an old and obscure feminine form of Birk, which itself is an Alemannic short form of names containing the element Burk- (the name element being derived from Old High German burg "protection; shelter", compare Burkhard), an early 20th-century coinage based on Indogermanic bircha "glowing", an early 20th-century coinage based on Middle Low German berke "birch tree" and an early 20th-century coinage based on the modern German word Birke "birch tree" and thus making it a botanical word name.... [more]

Birla f Old Norse
Old Norse diminutive of Bera.

Birna f Icelandic, Faroese
Female form of Biǫrn. Currently popular in Iceland.

Birrá f Sami
Sami diminutive of Birita.

Birsa f Old Norse
Old Norse variant of Bersa.

Birsu f Turkish (Rare)
From Turkish bir meaning "one" and su meaning "water".

Birtá f Sami
Sami form of Birta.

Birui f Chinese
From the Chinese characters 碧 (bì) meaning "jade; green, blue" or 璧 (bì) meaning "piece of jade with hole in it" and 瑞 (ruì) meaning "felicitous omen; auspicious" or 芮 (ruì) meaning "tiny, small" or "water's edge".

Bisan f Arabic (Rare)

Bisse f & m Swedish
Diminutive of various names, some containing the letters B, I and/or S (in any order), for example Britt, Elisabet and Sebastian.

Bitha f American (South, Archaic)
Truncated form of Tabitha.

Bithy f American (South, Archaic)
Originally a diminutive of Tabitha, occasionally used as a given name in its own right.

Bítia f Hungarian (Rare)
Hungarian form of Bithiah.

Bit-na f & m Korean (Modern)
Variant transcription of Binna.

Bitsy f English
Diminutive of Elisabeth.

Bitta f Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Bitte.

Bitte f Swedish, Danish, Norwegian
Pet form of Birgitta and its various forms.

Bitti f Swedish (Rare), Greenlandic
Variant form of Bitte or from the Swedish word bitti (short form of bittida) meaning "early" and Greenlandic younger spelling of Bíte.

Bitty f English
Short for Elizabeth.

Bitya f Biblical Hebrew
Like bityah

Biwan f Chinese
From the Chinese characters 碧 (bì) meaning "jade; green, blue" or 璧 (bì) meaning "piece of jade with hole in it"and 婉 (wǎn) meaning "amiable, congenial; restrained" or 纨 (wán) meaning "white silk".

Biwei f Chinese
From the Chinese characters 碧 (bì) meaning "jade; green, blue" or 璧 (bì) meaning "piece of jade with hole in it" and 玮 (wěi) meaning "jade, valuable", 蔚 (wèi) meaning "luxuriant, thick; ornamental", 薇 (wēi) meaning "fern", or 微 (wēi) meaning "small".

Bixby f & m American (Modern, Rare)
Transferred from the surname Bixby.

Bixiu f Chinese
From the Chinese 必 (bì) meaning "surely, most certainly" and 秀 (xiù) meaning "beautiful, elegant".

Bixue f Chinese
From the Chinese 馝 (bì) meaning "fragrance" and 雪 (xuě) meaning "snow".

Biyan f Chinese
From the Chinese characters 碧 (bì) meaning "jade; green, blue", 必 (bì) meaning "surely, most certainly", or 馝 (bì) meaning "fragrance" and 彦 (yàn) meaning "elegant", 雁 (yàn) meaning "wild goose", 燕 (yàn) meaning "swallow" or 焰 (yàn) meaning "fire, blaze, glowing".

Biyao f Chinese
From the Chinese characters 碧 (bì) meaning "jade; green, blue" and 窈 (yǎo) meaning "obscure, secluded; refined" or 谣 (yáo) meaning "folksong, ballad".

Biyin f Chinese
From the Chinese 碧 (bì) meaning "jade, green, blue" and 殷 (yīn) meaning "many, great, abundant, flourishing".

Biyou f Chinese
From the Chinese 馝 (bì) meaning "fragrance" and 幽 (yōu) meaning "quiet, secluded, tranquil, dark".

Biyue f Chinese
From the Chinese 璧 (bì) meaning "piece of jade with hole" and 玥 (yuè) meaning "mysterious gem, mythological pearl" or 悦 (yuè) meaning "pleased, contented".

Bizzy f English
Diminutive of Elizabeth.

Bjela f Czech (Rare)
Derived from the old Slavic word белъ (belu) meaning "white". Cognate of Běla.

Bjørk f Faroese, Danish, Norwegian
Faroese form of Björk which was also adopted into Danish and Norwegian.

Björt f Icelandic
Feminine form of Bjartur.

Bjørt f Faroese
Faroese form of Bjǫrt.

Bjǫrt f Norse Mythology
Feminine form of Bjartr. This is the name of one of Menglǫð's maids in Norse mythology.

Blådi f Walloon (Archaic)
Walloon version of Blandine, this first name begins to disappear.

Blær m & f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Directly taken from the Old Norse name element blǣr "wind gust, gentle breeze".

Bláey f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the Old Norse name elements blár "blue; dark; black" and ey "island; flat land along a coast" (which is also often related to the Old Norse name element auja "(gift of) luck; fortune").

Blaia f Catalan (Rare)
Feminine form of Blai.

Blaka f Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Judeo-Anglo-Norman cognate of Blake.

Blasa f Spanish
Feminine form of Blas.

Bláth f Medieval Irish
Derived from Irish blath "flower; blossom". This was the name of two virgin saints. It was usually Anglicized as Flora.

Blayr f English
Variant of Blair.

Blaža f Croatian, Slovene
Croatian short form of Blaženka and Slovene variant of Blažka.

Blaze f & m Medieval English
Name used in reference to St. Blaze.

Blesa f Kurdish
Means “thank you” in Kurdish.

Bless f & m English, Filipino
From the English word bless meaning "to consecrate or confer divine favor upon".

Bleta f Albanian
Derived from Albanian bletë "bee". According to Albanian folk belief, the bee is a sacred animal: when an animal ceases to live, Albanians predominantly use the verb ngordh while when a bee ceases to live, the verb vdes is used (which is used to refer to human death), alluding that bees are beings of a higher caste, comparable to humans.... [more]

Bleza f Breton (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Blez.

Blida f Old Swedish, Swedish (Archaic)
Swedish form of Blíða.

Blima f Yiddish
Variant of Bluma.

Blime f Yiddish
a variant of Bluma

Blimy f Yiddish
Diminutive of Blima.

Blina f Albanian (Rare)
Feminine form of Blin.

Bliss f & m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Bliss or simply from the English word "bliss".

Bloem f Dutch (Rare)
Derived from the Dutch word bloem meaning "flower".... [more]

Bloom f English
From the English word bloom, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- ("to thrive, flower, bloom").

Bluey m & f Popular Culture (Rare)
Diminutive of Blue.

Blüme f Yiddish
Variant of Blume

Blume f Yiddish
German-Yiddish form of Bluma. The name coincides with German Blume "flower".

Blyss f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Bliss.

Blyth m & f English
Variant of Blythe.

Bo-bae f & m Korean
From Korean 보배 (bobae) meaning "treasure," shifted from Middle Korean 보ㅂᆡ (popoy), from Sino-Korean 寶貝. Other hanja used for this naem include 寶 (bo) meaning "treasure," 甫 (bo) meaning "big; beginning," 㻉 (bo) meaning "jade," 培 (bae) meaning "culture, cultivation; education," 䔒 (bae) meaning "bud" and 拜 (bae) meaning "prostration; bending, stooping."

Bobba f Icelandic
Variant of Bobbi.

Bobča f Czech
Diminutive form of Bohumila.

Bobie m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Bobby.

Bobra f American (South, Rare)
Variant of Barbara, influenced by Bob.

Bobum f Romani (Rare, Archaic)

Bodel f & m Swedish
For feminine uses it is a Swedish dialectal variant form of Bodil and for masculine uses it is a Swedish dialectal variant form of Botolf.

Bodza f Hungarian (Rare)
Directly taken from Hungarian bodza "elderberry; elder (tree)".

Boeld f Old Danish
Old Danish form of Bóthildr.

Boell f Danish (Rare, Archaic)
Former Danish variant of Boel.

Boena f Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Buena.

Bofen f & m Chinese (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Bo 2 and Fen 1.

Bogey f Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from Old Norse bogi meaning "bow" (compare Bogi) combined with ey meaning "island" or ey meaning "good fortune"... [more]

Bogga f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Boga.

Bohča f Czech
Diminutive form of Bohumila.

Bo-hee f & m Korean
Variant transcription of Bo-hui.

Bo-hui f & m Korean
From Sino-Korean 甫 (bo) meaning "begin; man, father; great" or 普 (bo) meaning "wide, large" and 姬 (hui) meaning "beauty; imperial concubine" or 熙 (hui) meaning "bright, splendid." A famous bearer is South Korean actress Lee Bo-hee (1959-).

Boina f Romani
Variant of Bona.

Bojan f Swedish
Diminutive of names ending with -borg, such as Valborg and Ingeborg.

Bo-jia m & f Chinese
Combination of Bo 2 and Jia.

Bolan f Chinese
From the Chinese 波 (bō) meaning "wave" and 兰 (lán) meaning "orchid".

Bolda f Hungarian
19th-century coinage derived from Hungarian boldog "happy, joyous, cheerful".

Bolka f Medieval Polish
Medieval Polish short form of Bolesława. Princess Bolka (1352 - 1427/1428) was the last representative of the Bytom-Koziel Piasts.

Bolla f Old Norse, Swedish (Rare)
Pet form of Bóthildr and names containing the name element borg meaning "castle, fortification", like Borghild and Ingeborg.

Bolor f & m Mongolian
Means "crystal" in Mongolian.

Bommi f Korean
From Korean 봄미 (bommi) meaning "beautiful spring".

Bonči f Bosnian (Archaic)
Diminutive of Bona.

Bonda m & f Anglo-Scandinavian, Old Norse, Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Bóandi.

Bondo m & f Anglo-Scandinavian, Swedish
Variant of Bóandi.

Bongi f Xhosa, Southern African
Short form of Sibongile. This was borne by South African singer and songwriter Angela Sibongile "Bongi" Makeba (1950-1985), the only child of singer Miriam Makeba... [more]

Bonja m & f Montenegrin

Bonka f Medieval Slavic, Medieval Czech
Medieval Czech diminutive of Bona.

Bonki f Japanese
From Japanese 盆 (Bon), which means "Lantern Festival," and 気 (ki), which means "mood" or "spirit." Other combinations of kanji characters are possible.

Bonna f History (Ecclesiastical)
Alternate name of Saint Wuna.

Bonna f Judeo-French
Variant of Bona.

Bonna f Bariba
Name traditionally given to the second born daughter.

Bonne f Medieval French, Judeo-French, Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Medieval French, Judeo-French and Judeo-Anglo-Norman form of Bona. It was borne by Bonne of Luxembourg (1315-1349), the wife of John II of France.

Bonni f English (American)
Variant of Bonnie.

Bonny f English
Variant of Bonnie.

Bonoa f Judeo-Provençal (Archaic)
Cognate of Bonona.

Bonui f & m Korean (Rare)
from the korean word '보늬', meaning the inner shell of chestnuts, acorns, etc.

Boots m & f English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Boots or a nickname whose meaning is particular to the bearer.... [more]

Borah f Korean (Modern)
Variant transcription of Bora 3.

Boram f & m Korean
From native Korean 보람 (boram) meaning "fruitful, useful, worthwhile."... [more]

Boran f Middle Persian
Possibly a hypocoristic form of Middle Persian *baurāspa meaning "having many horses". This was the name of a Sasanian queen (banbishn) of Iran from 630 to 632, with an interruption of some months.

Böret f Swedish (Rare)
Dialectal variant of Berit found in Norrland and Västergötland.

Borey m & f Khmer
Means "large city, community, province, country" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit पुरि (puri).

Borga f Old Norse
Short form of names beginning with or ending in the element borg.

Boris f Hungarian
Diminutive of Borbála.

Börit f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Böret.

Børka f Faroese
Derived from Faroese børkuvísa "tormentil" (a type of flower).

Borka f Slovene
Feminine form of Bor via the form Bora.

Borka f Serbian, Croatian
Feminine form of Borko.

Borka f Hungarian
Originally a diminutive of Borbála, used as a given name in its own right.

Borni f Norwegian (Archaic)
Dialectal variant of Borgny.

Boroo f & m Mongolian
Means "rain" in Mongolian. Alternatively, it could be derived from бор (bor) meaning "brown, grey, dark (colour)".

Börta f Swedish (Archaic)
Dialectal variant of Birta recorded in Norrland and Västergötland.

Börte f History, Medieval Mongolian
This was the name of the first wife of Temujin, better known as Genghis Khan, the founder of the Mongol Empire. Borte, or Börte, became the head of the first Court of Genghis Khan, and Grand Empress of his Empire.

Böske f Hungarian
Originally a diminutive of Erzsébet, used as a given name in its own right.

Bôsza f Kashubian
Diminutive of Barbara.

Botan f Japanese (Rare)
From 牡丹 (botan), referring to the (Chinese tree) peony.... [more]

Botel m & f Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)
Former variant of Bothild or Botolv.

Botil f Swedish
Variant of Botel.

Botsu m & f Japanese
Japanese term for "enlightened one" or "seeker"

Bótví f Old Norse
Derived from the Germanic elements bót "remedy" and vé "home, temple, sanctuary".

Bótwe m & f Akan
Means "eighth born" in Akan.

Boudy m & f Dutch
Variant spelling of Boudie.

Bouke m & f West Frisian, Dutch
Variant of Bauke. This form is more commonly found on men than on women.

Bowen m & f Chinese (Modern)
Combination of Bo 2 and Wen.

Bowyn m & f English (Modern)
Variant of Bowen.

Boyan m & f Chinese (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Bo 2 and Yan 2.

Boyli f Turkish
Very rare

Brace m & f English
Likely 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.

Brach m & f Czech (Americanized, Modern)

Brada f English (Modern, Rare)
Possibly a feminine form of Braden.

Braga f Icelandic
Feminine form of Bragi.

Braha f Hebrew (Rare, ?)

Brana f Jewish, Yiddish (?)

Brana f Croatian, Serbian
Nickname for Branka.

Brana f Old Norse, Norse Mythology
Derived from Old Norse brattr "steep". This is the name of a jotunn in Norse mythology.

Brasa f Galician (Archaic)
Feminine form of Bras.

Brave m & f English
From 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 Cornish
Medieval Cornish name which is said to be derived from Cornish bregh "brave; fine".

Breah f English (Modern, Rare)
Short form of Brianna, or elaboration of Bree.

Brein f English (Rare)

Brena f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Feminine form of Breno.

Brené f English (American, Rare)
Probably a combination of two names, such as a name starting with B- with René or Renée.... [more]

Brenn m & f English
A diminutive of names with the element or sound of -bren-, such as Brenna or Brendan.

Breta f Medieval Polish
Medieval Polish variant of Berta.

Breya f English (American, Rare)

Breza f Croatian (Rare)
Means "birch" in several Slavic languages.

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.... [more]

Briah f English
Variant of Bria.

Brida f Medieval German, Romansh (Archaic)
Medieval German and archaic Romansh short form of Brigitta, via the variant Brigida.

Brida f Irish (Anglicized)
Variant of Breda 1.

Brìde f Scottish Gaelic
Variant of Brìghde.

Briel f English (Modern)
A variant of the name Brielle, which is a short form of Gabrielle, meaning "strong man of God."

Brier f & m English
Variant of Briar.