BildosnefBasque (Rare) Derived from Basque bildots "lamb" and the Basque feminine suffix -ne. It is used as a Basque equivalent of Inés.
BilfriðmAnglo-Saxon Derived from the Old English elements bil "sword" and friþ "peace". A notable bearer of this name was an obscure Northumbrian saint dubbed "St Billfrith the Anchorite".
BilheardmAnglo-Saxon Derived from the Old English elements bil "sword" and heard "firm, hardy, brave".
BilifridmGermanic Derived from the Germanic element bili "gentleness" combined with Old High German fridu "peace."
BiligardfGermanic The first element of this name is derived from the Germanic element bili "gentleness." The second element is derived from gardan "to hedge in, to enclose, to fence in" or from Gothic gards "house, garden, (court)yard."
BiligrimmGermanic The meaning of the first element of this name is uncertain. Some sources theorise that it is derived from a Germanic (possibly Saxon) word that meant "gentleness". Compare Proto-Germanic *biliz meaning "gentle, kind" as well as "fair, decent".... [more]
BiligundfGermanic Derived from the Germanic element bili "gentleness" combined with Old High German gund "war."
BilihelmmGermanic Derived from the Germanic element bili "gentleness" combined with Old High German helm "helmet, protection."
BilihildfGermanic Derived from the Germanic element bili "gentleness" combined with Old Norse hildr "battle."
BilimundmGermanic Derived from the Germanic element bili "gentleness" combined with Old High German mund "protection."
BilitrudfGermanic Derived from the Germanic element bili "gentleness" combined with þruþ "strength."
BillingrmOld Norse, Norse Mythology Derived from Old Norse billingr "twin" or from Ancient Germanic bhi- "two-, double-" and -ingr, a suffix denoting "belonging to" or "descended from". In Norse mythology this is the name of both a dwarf and a giant, the latter of whom is the father of a girl Odin wants to seduce.
BinasuormHistory Meaning uncertain. This was the name of a 14th-century king of Champa.
Bingbingf & mChinese From Chinese 冰 (bīng) meaning "ice, cold" combined with itself, as well as other character combinations that can form this name.
Bingchunf & mChinese This name can be combined with 冰 (Bing) meaning "Cold, Ice", and 春 (Chun) meaning "season of springtime", or 纯 (Chun) meaning "Purity, Pure, Unmixed, Skillful, Genuine, Simple, Practiced". Sources are in the notes.
Binghongf & mChinese From the Chinese 炳 (bǐng) meaning "bright, luminous, glorious" and 虹 (hóng) meaning "rainbow" or 宏 (hóng) meaning "great, grand, vast".
BinghuanmChinese From the Chinese 炳 (bǐng) meaning "bright, luminous, glorious" and 寰 (huán) meaning "great domain, country, world".
BingjuanfChinese From the Chinese 炳 (bǐng) meaning "bright, luminous, glorious" and 娟 (juān) meaning "beautiful, graceful".
BinglianfChinese From the Chinese 炳 (bǐng) meaning "bright, luminous, glorious" and 莲 (lián) meaning "lotus, water lily".
Binglingf & mChinese 冰 (Bing) means "Ice, Cold" while 灵 (Ling) means "Soul, Spirit" or 铃 ... [more]
BingluanfChinese From the Chinese 冰 (bīng) meaning "ice" and 鸾 (luán), a mythological bird.
BingqianfChinese From the Chinese characters 炳 (bǐng) meaning "bright, luminous; glorious" and 倩 (qiàn) meaning "beautiful, lovely" or 茜 (qiàn) meaning "madder, reeds".
Bingquanf & mChinese From the Chinese 冰 (bīng) meaning "ice" or 炳 (bǐng) meaning "bright, luminous, glorious" and 泉 (quán) meaning "spring, fountain, wealth" or 权 (quán) meaning "power, right, authority".
BingrongfChinese From the Chinese 炳 (bǐng) meaning "bright, luminous, glorious" and 蓉 (róng) meaning "hibiscus".
BingxianfChinese From the Chinese characters 冰 (bīng) meaning "ice; ice-cold" and 娴 (xián) meaning "elegant, refined; skillful".
BingxuanfChinese From the Chinese 冰 (bīng) meaning "ice" and 璇 (xuán) meaning "beautiful jade, star".
Bingyongm & fChinese From the Chinese 冰 (bīng) meaning "ice" and 勇 (yǒng) meaning "brave, courageous".
BingzhenfChinese From the Chinese 炳 (bǐng) meaning "bright, luminous, glorious" and 珍 (zhēn) meaning "precious, valuable, rare".
BinibinifFilipino (Rare) Filipino equivalent of "Miss." Actress Binibini Gandanghari is a well-known bearer.
BirendermIndian Very old name, name of a kind belongs to Haryana - Rajesthan (Full name id Veer Birender Paratap Singh) the kind of mavaid of Rajesthan, he is belongs to a family of maharana Pratap of Rajesthan.
BirvydasmLithuanian (Rare) The first element of this name is either derived from the old Lithuanian verb birti meaning "to be born" as well as "to pour out" and "to spread, to scatter, to strew" or from the Lithuanian verb byrėti meaning "to crumble, to disintegrate, to fall down"... [more]
Birzaithm & fBiblical Birzaith is mentioned in 1 Chronicles 7:31 but it is unclear if the person is a man or a woman.
BjarndísfIcelandic Combination of the Old Norse name elements bjǫrn "bear" and dís "goddess; woman, lady; sister" or dis "wise woman, seeress; woman, virgin".
BjartmeyfIcelandic (Rare) Combination of the Old Norse name elements bjartr "light; bright, shining" and mǣr "little girl; virgin, unmarried girl" or mær "daughter" or mėy "girl".
BlæingrmOld Norse Means "raven", literally "blue-black one", a derivative of Old Norse blár "blue, dark, livid" (the colour used to describe corpses and bruises, e.g. hel-blár "black as death"). This was originally a byname.
Blakeneyf & mEnglish From Old English blæc meaning "black, dark" or blac meaning "pale" combined with Old English eg meaning "island" or hæg meaning "enclosure".
BlamouremArthurian Cycle A knight who owned a white hart that Gawaine pursued on his first adventure.... [more]
BlåsippafSwedish (Modern, Rare) Swedish name for the plant hepatica nobilis. It is the second middle name of popular Swedish folk singer Sofia Karlsson.
BleuzennfBreton Of uncertain origin and meaning. Some academics consider Bleuzenn a Breton cognate of either Welsh Blodeuyn or Welsh Blodwen while others consider this name a derivation from Middle Breton bleuzuenn "flower"... [more]
BlicgardfGermanic The first element is derived from Old High German blich "lightning, glow" or blicchan "to flash, to shine." The second element is derived from gardan "to hedge in, to enclose, to fence in" or from Gothic gards "house, garden, (court)yard."
BlichelmmGermanic Derived from Old High German blich "lightning, glow" or blicchan "to flash, to shine" combined with Old High German helm "helmet, protection."
BlichildfGermanic Derived from Old High German blich "lightning, glow" or blicchan "to flash, to shine" combined with Old Norse hildr "battle."
BlictrudfGermanic Derived from Old High German blich "lightning, glow" or blicchan "to flash, to shine" combined with þruþ "strength."
BłogomiłmPolish Derived from Polish błogi "blessed, blissful" combined with Slavic mil "gracious, dear". As such, the meaning of this name is roughly "dear and blessed".
BloisinefArthurian Cycle, Literature Daughter of Urbin of the Mountain (Urpin) and sister of Brun, a knight killed by Gawaine. To avenge her brother, she plotted Gawaine’s murder, but she eventually fell in love with Gawaine.
BlondinefLiterature, Folklore, Haitian Creole, Yiddish From a diminutive of French blonde meaning "fair-haired". This is the name of two characters in Madame d'Aulnoy's fairy tales: Belle-Etoile's mother in Princess Belle-Etoile (whose sisters are named Roussette and Brunette) and a minor character in The Imp Prince... [more]
BluebellfEnglish, Popular Culture From the name of the flower, used to some extent as a first name when flower names were in vogue at the end of the 19th century.
Bluebirdm & fEnglish (American, Rare) Very rare but has been used in the US since the 1700s, particularly in Mississippi and Oklahoma.
BodegastmGermanic Derived from Gothic biutan "to offer" or Old High German boto "bid, offer" combined with Gothic gasts (gast in Old High German) "guest, stranger."
BodiserefIjaw Means "she likes to come to the world" in Ijaw.
BoguwolafPolish Derived from the Slavic elements bogu "god" and wola "will".
Bo-gyeongf & mKorean From Sino-Korean 甫 "begin; man, father; great" or 寶 "treasure, jewel; precious, rare" (bo), and 炅 "brilliance" or 璟 "luster of gem" (gyeong).
BohačesćmSorbian (Archaic) Derived from Upper Sorbian bóh "god" and česćić "to honour; to venerate, to revere". In former times, this name was usually Germanized as Ehregott.
BohemondmHistory, Medieval From Italian Buamundo, which is of uncertain meaning. According to the Norman historian Orderic Vitalis it was derived from Latin Buamundus, the name of a mythical Gigas (giant), originally given as a nickname to the crusader prince Bohemond I (christened Mark; c. 1058-1111) by his father because he was extremely large at birth.
BoiamundmGermanic derives from the Germanic name “Boiamund”, composed of two elements: From the Frisian and Germanic elements boii, Bojen, Boje "ruler, dweller" and mundō "protector, protection, tutelage, guardianship"... [more]
BolemysłmPolish Derived from Slavic bole "large" combined with Polish myśl "thought" (which is ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic mysliti "to think").
BǫlþornmOld Norse, Norse Mythology Old Norse combination of bǫl 'bale', 'misfortune'; 'sin'; 'arrow' and þorn 'thorn, spike, thorn-bush'. Bǫlþorn is a jǫtunn, He is the father of Bestla.
Boluwajim & fYoruba Means "wakes up with the lord" in Yoruba.
BǫlverkrmOld Norse, Norse Mythology Old Norse name meaning "evil-doer, malefactor" with the combination of bǫl "misfortune", "evil", "bale" and verk "work, piece of work, business, deed". Bǫlverkr is another name for Óðinn who is a character in Norse Mythology.
BoncontemMedieval Italian, Literature Derived from the Italian adjective bono meaning "good" combined with the Italian noun conte meaning "count" or "earl" (also compare Contessa).... [more]
BonfantemMedieval Italian, Judeo-Italian, Medieval Jewish Medieval Italian form of the Late Latin given name Bonusinfans meaning "good child", which was derived from the Latin adjective bonus meaning "good" and the Latin noun infans meaning "infant, child".... [more]
BongoronmJudeo-Provençal Provençal for "Good day", a translated variant of the Hebrew name "Yom-tob" or Yom-tov of the same meaning. See also the French "bonjour" and Italian "buongiorno"... [more]
BongseokmKorean From Sino-Korean 鳳 "male phoenix; symbol of joy" and 錫 meaning "tin; copper" or 奭 meaning "big, large, great; thriving, flourishing." Other combinations are possible
BoraganefTswana Means "small red-billed quelea" in Setswana.
BoranbaymKazakh From Kazakh боран (boran) meaning "blizzard, storm" combined with the Turkic military title beg meaning "chieftain, master".
BorbolyafHungarian Directly taken from Hungarian borbolya "barberry, berberry".
BoremundmLiterature Created by author George R. R. Martin for a character in his series "A Song of Ice and Fire" and the television series "House of the Dragon". In the series, Boremund Baratheon is the Lord of Storm's End and the head of House Baratheon early in the reign of King Viserys Targaryen during the middle years of the Targaryen dynasty in Westeros.
BorgstenmOld Swedish Old Swedish name with the combination of bjǫrg "help", "deliverance" and stēn "stone".
BoromieumLengadocian Transferred use of the surname Boromieu. Derived from the surname of Catholic saint Charles Borromeo (1538 – 1584), Archbishop of Milan and a leading figure of the Counter-Reformation combat against the Protestant Reformation.
BorquitafSpanish (Rare) Feminine diminutive of Borja in the case of Marie Delphine Borja "Borquita" López y Angula de la Candelaria, daughter of New Orleans serial killer Delphine LaLaurie.
BosiljkafCroatian, Serbian Derived from bosiljak, Croatian and Serbian name for the herb "basil" (Ocimum basilicum), ultimately from Greek basileus meaning "king".