Bunyongm & fThai From Thai บุญ (bun) meaning "merit" and ยง (yong) meaning "firm, stable, steady".
Bunyuenm & fThai From Thai บุญ (bun) meaning "merit" and ยืน (yuen) meaning "long-lasting, enduring".
Bun'yuumJapanese From Japanese 文 (bun) "sentence" combined with 右 (yuu) meaning "right", 熊 (yuu) meaning "bear", 勇 (yuu) meaning "brave", 有 (yuu) meaning "exist", 雄 (yuu) meaning "hero, manly" or 融 (yuu) meaning "melt"... [more]
BunzomJapanese Alternate version of Bunzō, meaning 文 (bun), “sentence, text”, and 三 (zō) meaning “three” or 藏 (zō) “possession, ownership”. Other kanji combinations are also possible.
BuonamicomMedieval Italian Variant of Bonamico. The Italian painter Buonamico Buffalmacco (c. 1290-1340) was the basis of a trickster character in Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron (1350).
BuonapartemItalian (Rare) Derived from Italian elements bona (or buona) "good" and parte "solution".
BuonfigliomMedieval Italian Means "good child" in Italian, derived from Italian buono meaning "good, fair" combined with Italian figlio meaning "child, son".... [more]
Burdettem & fEnglish (Archaic) Possibly a diminutive of Bernadette or a variant of the traditionally French and English surname Burdette derived from a pet form of the Old French personal name Burdo.
BuremSwedish Modern Swedish form of Old Norse Buri meaning "son, descendant". Its modern usage is perhaps influenced by the Old Swedish noble family with the same name (see Bure).
Bürenm & fMongolian Means "complete, completeness" in Mongolian.
BürenbaatarmMongolian Means "complete hero" in Mongolian, from бүрэн (büren) meaning "complete, entire" and баатар (baatar) meaning "hero".
Bürenbayarm & fMongolian Means "full celebration, complete joy" in Mongolian, from бүрэн (büren) meaning "complete, entire" and баяр (bayar) meaning "joy, celebration".
Bürenmendf & mMongolian Means "full health" in Mongolian, from бүрэн (büren) meaning "complete, entire" and мэнд (mend) meaning "health, well-being".
BürensaikhanmMongolian From Mongolian бүрэн (büren) meaning "complete, entire" and сайхан (saikhan) meaning "nice, beautiful, handsome".
Bürenzhargalf & mMongolian Means "complete happiness" in Mongolian, from бүрэн (büren) meaning "complete, entire" and жаргал (jargal) meaning "happiness, blessing".
BurgfriedmGerman Containing name elements Burg and Fried probably a newer creation.
BurgharmGermanic The first element of this name is derived from Old High German burg meaning "fortress". Also compare Gothic bairgan (bergan in Old High German) meaning "to keep, to save, to preserve"... [more]
BurgrædmAnglo-Saxon Derived from the Old English elements burg "fortress" and ræd "counsel, advice".
BurgredmAnglo-Saxon Variant of Burgræd. A notable bearer of this name was Burgred, a king of the Mercians from 852 to 874.
BurgricmAnglo-Saxon Derived from the Old English elements burg "fortress" and ric "ruler, king". This name was borne by a 10th-century bishop of Rochester.
BurgwealdmAnglo-Saxon Old English name meaning "mighty fortress", derived from the elements burg "stronghold, fortified place" and weald "powerful, mighty".
BurgwinmGermanic Derived from the Old High German elements burg "fortress" and wini "friend".
BuroinmArthurian Cycle The duke of the White Lake. He raised and educated Tybalt, the youth who became Lancelot’s first squire. He gave lodging to Lancelot one night as he traveled to Arthur’s court.
BurokumJapanese The name Buroku consists of the kanji's 武 and 禄. 武 means military or martial, and 禄 means blessing; happiness or prosperity.
Buronyam & fAkan Means "Christmas" in Akan. This may be given to children born around this time of year.
BuroumJapanese From Japanese 武 (bu) meaning "military, martial" combined with 郎 (rou) meaning "son". Other kanji combinations are possible.
BuruubamPopular Culture Buruuba is the name of Yoichiro Minami's feral Tarzan-inspired character in the eponymous shonen book series and the 1955 Japanese American film coproduction by Daiei (now Kadokawa) pictures.
BushrodmEnglish (American) Given name from surname of Medieval English origin—locational from a so called 'lost' village, likely to have been situated in Dorset, England. Surname Bushrod derives from the Old English 'bysc', a bushy thicket, with 'rod', a clearing in a forest.
BusiranemArthurian Cycle A sorcerer who imprisoned the maiden Amoret and tried to force her to become his lover. Britomart, the warrior maiden, learned of Amoret’s plight from Scudamore, Amoret’s lover. Britomart braved the enchantments of Busirane’s castle, defeated him, and freed Amoret.
BustamimIndonesian From the name of 9th-century Persian mystic Bayazid Bistami (known in Indonesia as Abu Yazid al-Busthami), whose name came from the city of Bastam in present-day Iran.
ButaroumJapanese From Japanese 武 (bu) meaning "military, martial", 太 (ta) meaning "thick, big" combined with 郎 (rou) meaning "son". Other kanji combinations are possible.
ButchmEnglish (American) From the English word butch meaning "manly", "masculine", itself from the word butcher. It was originally a nickname for men considered manly.
ButtonmEnglish The name of Button Gwinnett, one of the signatories (first signature on the left) on the United States Declaration of Independence.
ButtsmAmerican (Rare) Transferred use of the surname Butts or a nickname with meaning particular to the bearer. Notable namesake, professional baseball player, Albert "Butts" Wagner was the older brother of baseball great Honus Wagner.
BuvaisarmChechen Derived from Arabic أويس (uwais) meaning "small wolf, little wolf" combined with Persian سر (sar) meaning "head, topmost, foremost" or "leader, chief".
Buwanf & mTagalog Means "moon" in Tagalog. It is not often used as a given name.
Buyanm & fMongolian Means "good deed, virtue, charity" or "fortune, blessing" in Mongolian.
Buyan-amgalanm & fMongolian From Mongolian буян (buyan) meaning "good deed, virtue, charity" or "fortune, blessing" and амгалан (amgalan) meaning "peaceful, calm".
Buyan-arvizhikhm & fMongolian Means "accumulate good luck" in Mongolian, from буян (buyan) meaning "good deed, virtue, charity" or "fortune, blessing" and арвижих (arvijikh) meaning "to accumulate".
Buyanbatm & fMongolian From Mongolian буян (buyan) meaning "good deed, virtue, charity" or "fortune, blessing" and бат (batu) meaning "strong, loyal, firm".
Buyandelgerf & mMongolian Means "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".
Buyanjargalf & mMongolian From Mongolian буян (buyan) meaning "virtue, goodness, merit" and жаргал (jargal) meaning "happiness, blessing".
Buyankhishigf & mMongolian From Mongolian буян (buyan) meaning "good deed, virtue, charity" or "fortune, blessing" and хишиг (khishig) meaning "blessing, favour".
Buyannemekhm & fMongolian Means "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".
BuyantögöldörmMongolian From Mongolian буян (buyan) meaning "good deed, virtue, charity" or "fortune, blessing" and төгөлдөр (tögöldör) meaning "complete, perfect".
Buyantogtokhm & fMongolian From Mongolian буян (buyan) meaning "good deed, virtue, charity" or "fortune, blessing" and тогтох (togtokh) meaning "to settle, set, entrench" or "to decide, determine".
Buyanzayaaf & mMongolian From Mongolian буян (buyan) meaning "good deed, virtue, charity" or "fortune, blessing" and заяа (zayaa) meaning "future, fortune, fate".
Buyanzhargalf & mMongolian Means "good luck and happiness" in Mongolian, from буян (buyan) meaning "good deed, virtue, charity" or "fortune, blessing" and жаргал (jargal) meaning "happiness, blessing".
BuzimHebrew, Romani, Biblical From Hebrew בוז (buz), "contempt". This name occurs only once in the Bible. The prophet Ezekiel mentions him as his father.
BuzzymAmerican A name that can be formed as an onomatopoeia, a word based on sound, or a nickname for someone with a short haircut. ... [more]
BvumaimShona Bvumai means "Admit". This may be a name given to say to adversary admit that you were wrong, you were defeated or that you committed the offence
BwamimShona Meaning "emperor", another form of the name is Hwami.
BweranimChewa Means "come" or "come back" in Chewa.
ByakkomJapanese (Rare) From 白虎 (byakko), referring to a white tiger, also one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations which represents the west and the autumn season. This makes it cognate with Korean Baek-ho.... [more]
ByakuranmJapanese From Japanese 百 (byaku) meaning "hundred" or 白 (byaku) meaning "white" combined with 蘭 (ran) meaning "orchid". Other kanji combinations are possible.
ByakuyamPopular Culture Means "white night" or "arctic night" in Japanese. It is the name of a character in the popular Japanese manga and anime, "Bleach"
Byambam & fMongolian Means "Saturday" in Mongolian, derived from Tibetan སྤེན་པ (spen pa) meaning "Saturn (planet)" or "Saturday" (see Pemba).
Byambadalaim & fMongolian From Mongolian бямба (byamba) meaning "Saturday" and далай (dalai) meaning "sea, ocean".
ByambadorjmMongolian From Mongolian бямба (byamba) meaning "Saturday" and дорж (dorj) meaning "diamond, vajra".
Byambajargalf & mMongolian From Mongolian бямба (byamba) meaning "Saturday" and жаргал (jargal) meaning "happiness, blessing".
Byambajavm & fMongolian From Mongolian бямба (byamba) meaning "Saturday" and жав (jav) meaning "salvation, deliverance".
Byamba-ochirm & fMongolian From Mongolian бямба (byamba) meaning "Saturday" and очир (ochir) meaning "diamond" or "staff, truncheon; thunderbolt".
Byambasürenf & mMongolian From Mongolian бямба (byamba) meaning "Saturday" and Tibetan ཚེ་རིང (tshe ring) meaning "long life, longevity".
Byambatserenm & fMongolian From Mongolian бямба (byamba) meaning "Saturday" combined with the given name Tseren, ultimately derived from Tibetan ཚེ་རིང (tshe ring) meaning "long life".
Byambatsogtm & fMongolian From Mongolian бямба (byamba) meaning "Saturday" and цогт (tsogt) meaning "spirited, ardent".
Byambazhargalf & mMongolian From Mongolian бямба (byamba) meaning "Saturday" and жаргал (jargal) meaning "happiness, blessing".
Byeong-cheolmKorean From Sino-Korean 秉 "grasp, hold; bundle; authority" and 哲 "wise, sagacious". A famous bearer is South Korean businessman Lee Byung-chul (1910-1987), founder of the Samsung Group.
Byeong-sumKorean From Sino-Korean 炳 "bright, luminous; glorious" and 守 "defend, protect, guard, conserve". A famous bearer is South Korean footballer Yoo Byung-soo (1988-).
ByrhtferthmAnglo-Saxon From the Old English name Byrhtferð, derived from Old English byrht, which is a variant of beorht "bright, clear", and an uncertain second element which may be derived from ferhð "spirit" or may be a West Saxon metathesis of Anglian friþ "peace" (making this name a cognate of Beorhtfrith).
ByrhtferðmAnglo-Saxon Form of Byrhtferth. Byrhtferð (c. 970 – c. 1020) was an English priest and monk. He invented an older version of the alphabet in 1011.
Byung-chanmKorean From Sino-Korean 秉 means 'grasp,hold;bundle;authority' 燦 means 'vivid,illuminating;bright'
Byung-Heem & fKorean From 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.
ByzantinusmLate Roman Means "from Byzantium", with Byzantium being the latinized form of Greek Byzantion, which itself was ultimately derived from the personal name Byzas... [more]
ByzantiusmLate Roman Latinized form of Greek Byzantios, which essentially meant "from Byzantium" (see also Byzantinus). This was the name of an archbishop of Bari (Italy) from the 11th century AD.
ByzasmGreek Mythology Derived from Thracian búzas "he-goat, buck" (similar to Indo-European bhugo "buck" and Greek bous "ox, cow"); since Thracian was not a Hellenic language, one could probably call Byzas a hellenization of sorts... [more]
Càm & fVietnamese Means "the eldest; the first" in a northern Vietnamese dialect.
CabotmEnglish (Rare) The name 'Cabot' comes from the fifteenth century Italian explorer Giovanni Caboto who was commissioned by the Kingdom of England to discover North America. When Caboto arrived in England is name was changed to John Cabot to sound more English... [more]
CabrakanmMayan Mythology Means "earthquake" in Mayan. Cabrakan was the god of mountains and earthquakes.
CacahuehuemNahuatl Possibly means "old frog", from Nahuatl caca "frog, toad" and huehue "elder, old man".
CacamamNahuatl Means "small ear of corn" in Nahuatl.
CacamatzinmNahuatl Derived from Nahuatl cacamatl "small ear of corn, offshoot of larger ear of maize" and -tzin, a diminutive or reverential suffix. This was the name of a king of Texcoco.
Çacaxochitlm & fNahuatl The name of a medicinal plant with yellow flowers, also called coçatli ("weasel"). Possibly derived from zacatl "grass, hay, straw" and xochitl "flower".
CacusmGreek Mythology (Latinized), Roman Mythology Derived from Greek κᾰκός (kakos), meaning "bad". In Greek and Roman mythology, Cacus was a giant and the son of Vulcan. He was killed by Hercules after terrorizing the Aventine Hill before the founding of Rome.
CadanmCornish, Welsh Derived from Welsh and Cornish cad "battle" and possibly Welsh man "place" or Welsh nant "brook, stream". This is also the name of a river in Dyfed, Wales.
CadariusmMedieval Hungarian Cadarius was a nobleman in the Kingdom of Hungary who served as Judge royal in 1146, during the reign of Géza II of Hungary.
Caddyf & mEnglish (Rare), Literature Variant 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).
CadenusmLiterature Invented by author Jonathan Swift for his 1726 poem Cadenus and Vanessa. The name is an anagram for the latin word decanus, meaning Dean, because he was the dean of St... [more]
Cadenzaf & mAmerican (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.
CadewynmWelsh Possibly 'white warrior' or 'pure warrior'. In Welsh cade can be interpreted as warring, and wyn as white or fair
CadhanmOld Irish, Irish Mythology Gaelic byname meaning "barnacle goose". In Irish legend Cadhan was a hero who slayed a monster with the help of his hound.