BrictafCeltic Mythology Bricta or Brixta was a Gaulish goddess who was a consort of Luxovius. It has, however, been suggested that if "Bricta is a title incorporating Bríg, it may actually be a title assigned to Sirona rather than a separate goddess"... [more]
BrisenfArthurian Cycle The name of a witch in Arthurian legend. One theory connects it to Old Norse brisinga "glowing, twinkling" (a word-forming element associated with Freya's famous necklace, the brísingamen).
BrontefGreek Mythology From Ancient Greek βροντή (brontḗ) meaning "thunder". She is the Greek goddess of thunder and the sister of Astrape. She was one of the Cyclops, who forged Zeus' thunderbolts/lightning bolts.
Bronzem & fEnglish Bronze is a yellowish-brown alloy of copper with up to one-third tin. It is a modern first name. In the US, 5 girls and 9 boys were given this first name in 2018.
BrownemEnglish (Rare, Archaic) Variant of Brown. Notable namesake is Henry Browne Blackwell, an English born publisher and social reformer who was one of the founders of the Republican Party in the US... [more]
BrugmofTibetan From the Tibetan འབྲུག ('brug) meaning "dragon, thunder" and མོ (mo) meaning "female, woman".
BruistmDutch (Archaic) Short form of Bruisten. This name is unlikely to ever be used/revived in modern times, due to its similarity to the Dutch verb bruisen "to fizz", which may have some teasing potential.
BrunormArthurian Cycle Likely derived from the Germanic element brunna "armour, protection" or brun "brown". This is the name of several characters in Arthurian tales, including the father of Sir Galehaut and the Knight of the Ill-Fitting Coat.
BruriafHebrew, Ancient Aramaic (?) Allegedly means "pure" in Aramaic. This was the name of a 2nd-century female scholar; she was the wife of Rabbi Meir, one of Rabbi Akiva's disciples. It was also borne by Israeli theoretical physicist Bruria Kaufman (1918-2010).
BryherfEnglish (British, Rare), Cornish From the name of an island off the southwestern coast of Cornwall, one of the Isles of Scilly. This was adopted as a pen name by the English novelist Annie Winifred Ellerman (1894-1983).
BubonafRoman Mythology In ancient Roman religion, Bubona is thought to have been a goddess of cattle, but she is named only by Saint Augustine. Georg Wissowa thought that a festival of cattle (ludi boum causa) mentioned by Pliny must have been dedicated to Bubona... [more]
BuddugfWelsh Derived from Welsh budd "profit, advantage". It is a cognate of Boudicca, the name of a 1st-century queen of the Iceni (a Celtic people) who is known as Buddug in Welsh, and is sometimes considered a Welsh equivalent of Victoria.
BudeiafGreek Mythology Means "oxen-yoker" in Greek. It is the name of a daughter of Lycus in Greek mythology.
BuichimJapanese From Japanese 武 (bu) meaning "military, martial" combined with 一 (ichi) meaning "one". Other kanji combinations are possible. ... [more]
BuintafKalmyk Means "goodness, virtuousness" in Kalmyk.
BulingfChinese (Rare) From Chinese 歩 (bù) meaning "step" combined with 鈴 (líng) meaning "bell, chime". Other character combinations can form this name as well. Also comes from 布丁 (bùdīng), meaning "pudding". One fictional bearer of this name is Buling Huang/Fong from Tokyo Mew Mew.
BunyotmThai From Thai บุญ (bun) meaning "merit" and ยอด (yot) meaning "top, best, excellent".
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]
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.
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
ByaainfAlaskan Female given name created by Alaskan Native Eskimo Baayin Asiksick in the early 1900s.
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]
Byambam & fMongolian Means "Saturday" in Mongolian, derived from Tibetan སྤེན་པ (spen pa) meaning "Saturn (planet)" or "Saturday" (see Pemba).
ByblisfGreek Mythology In Greek mythology, Byblis was the daughter of Miletus, who fell in love with her twin brother Caunus and subsequently killed herself... [more]
Bylethm & fPopular Culture Variant of Beleth. This is the name of an avatar character in Fire Emblem: Three Houses.
BylgjafFaroese, Icelandic, Norse Mythology Feminine name taken from the Old Norse word bylgja meaning "billow, wave". In Norse Mythology, Bylgja was one of the nine daughters of the sea deities Ægir and Rán.