Submitted Names Starting with B

Ba m & f Chinese
Derived from the Chinese character 巴 (bā) meaning "to greatly desire" or referred to a mythological snake. It can also derive from 芭 (bā) referred to a kind of fragrant grass or 笆 (bā) meaning "bamboo fence".... [more]

Ba f & m Korean (Rare)

Ba m Ancient Egyptian
Possibly from Egyptian bꜣ (ba), the part of the soul that makes an individual unique according to the Ancient Egyptian conception of the soul. This was the throne name of an early Egyptian or ancient Egyptian king who may have ruled at the end of the 1st Dynasty, the latter part of 2nd Dynasty or during the 3rd Dynasty.

Bá f Portuguese
Diminutive of Bárbara.

Bá m Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 伯 (bá) meaning "paternal uncle, father's older brother".

Baaduri m Georgian (Rare)
Form of Baadur with the nominative suffix, used in Georgian when the name is written stand-alone.

Baaf m Dutch
Variant of Bavo.

Baafke f East Frisian
Variation of Bafke.

Baaitse m & f Tswana
Means "they know" in Tswana.

Baakantse f Tswana
Means "they thought" in Tswana.

Baakanyang m & f Tswana
Means "mend, repair" in Tswana.

Baala m Kazakh
Means “child” in Kazakh.

Baalaaditya m Kannada
Means "risen sun" in Kannada.

Baalaark m Kannada
Meaning "Rising Sun".

Ba'alah f Near Eastern Mythology
Deriving from the feminine form of the Phoenician bʿl ("Lord, master, owner"). This title was used for several goddesses of the Phoenician and Canaanite pantheons.

Báalam m & f Yucatec Maya, Classic Mayan, Mayan Mythology
Báalam, who represents Jaguars, is a deity from Mayan Mythology. His name means “Jaguar” in Yucatec Maya.

Baal-berith m Biblical
Means "lord of the covenant", ultimately derived from Hebrew בעל (ba'al) meaning "to be lord" and ברית (berit) meaning "covenant". He is a deity that is mentioned in Judges 8:33 and Judges 9:4.

Baalham m & f Mayan, Classic Mayan, Mayan Mythology
Baalham means “Jaguar” in the Classic Mayan language.

Baal-hanan m Biblical
Means "lord of grace", ultimately derived from Hebrew בעל (ba'al) meaning "to be lord" and חנן (hanan) meaning "to be gracious". The name was featured by two men in the Bible (Genesis 36:38 and 1 Chronicles 27:28).

Baall-ičč-a m Sidamo
Means "feathered one" in Sidama.

Baall-itt-e f Sidamo
Feminine form of Baall-ičč-a.

Baal-peor m Biblical
Means "lord of the wide opening", ultimately derived from Hebrew בעל (ba'al) meaning "to be lord" and פער (pa'ar) meaning "open wide". In the Bible, he was a deity that is mentioned in Numbers 25:3, Numbers 25:5, Deuteronomy 4:3, Psalms 106:28, and Hosea 9:10.

Baalus m Arthurian Cycle
A king of the Saxons who participated in King Aminaduc’s siege at Vambieres.... [more]

Baana m Biblical
Means "son of affliction". In the Bible, this is the name of two of Solomon's purveyors, as well as the father of Zadok.

Baanah m Biblical
Variant of Baana.

Baani f Indian
Hence, the name Baani holds a deep religious meaning in Punjabi. In Gurmukhi, Baani is written as ਬਾਣੀ, and it means 'style' or 'verge. '

Baara f Biblical Hebrew
Baara was one of the three wives of Shaharaim.

Bäärbel f Luxembourgish (Archaic)
Diminutive of Barbara.

Bååˊres m Sami (Skolt)
Skolt Sami form of Boris.

Baart m West Frisian
West Frisian form of Bert.

Baasa m Yakut
Yakut form of Vasya.

Baasan m & f Mongolian
Means "Friday" or "Venus (planet)" in Mongolian. Cognate to Tibetan Pasang.

Baasandorj m Mongolian
From Mongolian баасан (baasan) meaning "Friday" and дорж (dorj) meaning "diamond, vajra".

Baasanjargal f & m Mongolian
From Mongolian баасан (baasan) meaning "Friday" and жаргал (jargal) meaning "happiness, blessing".

Baasanjav m & f Mongolian
From Mongolian баасан (baasan) meaning "Friday" and жав (jav) meaning "salvation, deliverance".

Baasankhüü f & m Mongolian
From Mongolian баасан (baasan) meaning "Friday" and хүү (khüü) meaning "boy, son; child".

Baasansüren f & m Mongolian
From Mongolian баасан (baasan) meaning "Friday" combined with Tibetan ཚེ་རིང (tshe ring) meaning "long life, longevity".

Baasha m English, Biblical Hebrew
Baasha of Israel is a king of Israel mentioned in Kings. Baasha of Ammon was a King of Ammon ruling in 853 BCE.

Baast m & f Mongolian
Derived from Mongolian баас (baas) meaning "excrement, manure, poo". This name was traditionally given in order to mislead bad spirits.

Baatarchuluun m Mongolian
Means "heroic stone" in Mongolian, from баатар (baatar) meaning "hero" and чулуун (chuluun) meaning "stone".

Baatarsüren m Mongolian
From Mongolian баатар (baatar) meaning "hero" combined with Tibetan ཚེ་རིང (tshe ring) meaning "long life, longevity".

Baatarzhargal m & f Mongolian
Means "heroic happiness" in Mongolian, from баатар (baatar) meaning "hero" and жаргал (jargal) meaning "happiness, blessing".

Baatseba f & m Sotho (Anglicized, Rare)
Sotho form of Bathsheba.

Baatyr m Kyrgyz, Yakut (Rare)
Kyrgyz and Yakut form of Batur.

Baatyrbek m Kyrgyz
Combination of Baatyr with the Turkish military title beg meaning "chieftain, master".

Baavgai m Mongolian
Means "bear" in Mongolian.

Baayama m Indigenous Australian Mythology
Variant of Baiame.

Baayami m Indigenous Australian Mythology
Variant of Baiame.

Bab f Medieval English
Diminutive of Barbara.

Bab m Scots
Short form of Rabert.

Baba m & f Madí
Meaning unknown. Jamamadí language is spoken in Acre and Amazonas State in Brazil.

Baba f Romansh
Contracted form of Barbla.

Baba m Nigerian, Yoruba, Western African
From the surname Baba 2.

Baba f English
Diminutive of Barbara or other names with a similar sound. Borne by Baba Beaton, socialite and sister of photographer Cecil, and writer Eleanor “Baba” Brougham.

Baba f Japanese (Archaic)
Possibly derived from Japanese 婆 (baba), meaning "old woman". This name was recorded in the Edo Period.

Babá f Portuguese
Diminutive of Barbara and Sebastião.

Babacar m Western African
Form of Abu Bakr used in parts of western Africa.

Babaiko m Russian
Diminutive of Baba.

Babajan m Armenian (Rare)
Means " soul, friendly" in Armenian. Until the end of the last century, it was a rather common name, but it is still being forgotten, but Babajanyan’s surname is still preserved.

Babək m Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Babak.

Babakha m Russian
Diminutive of Baba.

Babale f Georgian (Rare)
Variant of Barbare, though it might also be descended from Barbale (in at least some cases).

Babalola m Yoruba
Means "father is wealth" in Yoruba.

Babara f Brazilian, American (Rare)
Variant of Barbara.

Babatha f Ancient Aramaic
Babatha is the name of a Jewish woman who owned land near Petra (modern Jordan) and En-Gedi (modern Israel) in the 2nd century AD. Because her personal documents were preserved, much of her personal life is known today.

Babatope m & f Yoruba
A responsible father.

Babatu m Songhai, Western African
Meaning unknown.

Babawar m & f Indigenous Australian
Meaning unknown.... [more]

Babba f Swedish (Rare)
Diminutive of Barbara.

Babben f Norwegian, Swedish
Diminutive of Barbro.

Babbie f Scots
Diminutive of Barbara.

Babbs f Scots
Scots diminutive of Barbara.

Båbe f Walloon
Walloon form of Barbara.

Babé f Afro-American (Slavery-era)

Babek m Kazakh (Rare)
Kazakh form of Babak.

Babel f Luxembourgish (Archaic)
Vernacular diminutive of Barbara.

Babello f Provençal
Diminutive of Eisabello.

Babér f Hungarian (Modern, Rare)
Directly taken from Hungarian babér "laurel".

Babesne f Basque (Rare)
Coined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde as a Basque equivalent of Amparo and Patrocinio. The name was based on Basque babes "shelter, refuge; protection" and the productive name suffix -ne.

Babet f Dutch
Dutch form of Babette.

Babeta f Czech (Rare), Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of Babette.

Babete f Walloon
Walloon form of Babette.

Babett f Hungarian, German (Rare), Luxembourgish
Hungarian form, German variant and Luxembourgish vernacular form of Babette. Babett Peter is a football player who had 118 appearances in the German national team winning among other titles the 2007 FIFA Wolrd Cup.

Babetta f Hungarian, Romansh
Latinate variant of Babette and Babett.

Babèu f Gascon, Provençal
Diminutive of Isabèu and Eisabèu.

Babhru m & f Indian
Indian unisex name also written as Babhrú (बभ्रु), masculine and sometimes feminine, or Babhrū (बभ्रू), which is purely feminine, meaning "reddish-brown, tawny".

Babhrulomni f Sanskrit
MEANING : brown haired lady. Here बभ्रु means brown + लोम्नी means hair (of female )... [more]

Babi f Portuguese
Diminutive of Barbara.

Babi m & f Indian

Babie f & m English (Rare)
Diminutive of Barbara.

Babigna f Romansh
Variant of Babina.

Babik m Romani
Of unknown meaning.... [more]

Babiker m Northern African, Arabic
Sudanese name possibly derived from the given name Bakr or from Arabic بَكَرَ (bakara) meaning "first born" or "to be early, to rise early".

Babiki f Pedi

Babikr m Northern African (Rare), Arabic (Rare)
Variant transcription of Babiker.

Babil m Catalan
Diminutive of Babilàs.

Babila m Georgian (Archaic), Italian
Georgian and Italian form of Babylas.

Bábilas m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Babylas.

Babilàs m Catalan
Catalanh form of Babylas.

Babilas m Polish (Rare)
Polish form of Babila.

Babilo m Georgian (Archaic)
Variant of Babila.

Babina f Romansh
Diminutive of Baba.

Babiole f Literature
Means "bauble" or "trinket" in French. According to the French fairytale, Babiole is the daughter of a queen. The fairy Fanfreluche tricks the queen into turning her daughter into a monkey.

Bəbir m Azerbaijani (Rare)
Derived from the Azerbaijani noun bəbir meaning "leopard". As such, this name could be considered to be the Azerbaijani form of Babur.... [more]

Babir m Azerbaijani (Rare), Kazakh (Rare)
Azerbaijani and Kazakh form of Babur.

Babita f Indian

Babita f Hungarian (Rare)
Originally a diminutive of Barbara, used as a given name in its own right.

Babitha f Indian

Bablin m Indian (Sikh, Rare)

Babloo f & m Indian (Modern)

Babnek m Russian
Diminutive of Babo.

Babnouda m Coptic (Arabized), Arabic
Arabized form of the Sahidic Coptic name Papnoute.

Babo m Russian
Means "grandmother" in Russian.

Babo f & m Georgian (Rare)
Short form of the feminine names Babale, Barbale and Barbare.... [more]

Babola m Russian
Means "grandmother" in Russian.

Babookaji m Newar (Rare)
Variant transcription of Devanagari बाबुकाजी (see Babukaji).

Babosha m Russian
Means "grandmother" in Russian.

Baboucarr m Wolof, Western African
Variant of Boubacar in many Western African languages.

Babow m Somali

Babra f Pakistani
Pakistani film actress Babra Sharif is a famous bearer.

Babrios m Ancient Roman (Hellenized)
Possibly a Hellenized form of Valerius.

Babrius m Ancient Roman (Hellenized)
Latinized form of a Hellenized form of the name Valerius (see Babrios). This was the name of a 2nd-century author of a collection of Greek fables, many of which are known today as Aesop's Fables.

Babsi f German (Modern), English (Modern)
Short and familiar form of Barbara.

Babsie f South African
Short and familiar form of Barbara.

Babsy f English (Modern)
Short and familiar form of Barbara.

Babu m Indian

Babuhai m Manchu

Babukaji m Newar
From Newar बाबु (bābu) meaning "small kid" and काजी (kājī) meaning "leader".

Baburam m Nepali
Meaning "Leader of the Rebellion". Referring to Lord Ram.

Baburbek m Kazakh (Rare), Kyrgyz (Rare), Uzbek (Rare)
Combination of Babur with the Turkish military title beg meaning "chieftain, master".... [more]

Babürşah m Turkish
Babür, combined with a Perso-Turkic royal title, şah meaning "shah". As a whole, it means "shah as strong as a tiger". This was the nickname of Zahir ud-Din Muhammad, the 16th-century founder of the Mughal Empire in India.

Babusi m Tswana
Means "leaders" in Setswana.

Babutai m Manchu

Baby f English (American)
From babi, "infant of either sex," diminutive of babe (see babe) with -y (3). Meaning "childish adult person" is from c. 1600. Meaning "youngest of a group" is by 1897.

Babylon m & f English (American, Rare)
From the ancient place name, from the Greek form of Akkadian Bab-ilani meaning "the gate of the gods" from bab "gate" and ilani, plural of ilu "god".

Babylyn f Filipino
Combination of Baby and the popular suffix -lyn.

Bạc m & f Vietnamese
From the Vietnamese 白 or 鉑 (bạc) meaning "silver".

Bắc m Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 北 (bắc) meaning "north".

Bač m Medieval Serbian

Baca m Medieval English

Bacceva f Judeo-French, Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Judeo-French and Judeo-Anglo-Norman form of Batsheva.

Bacchante m Arthurian Cycle
Bacchante is a knight outside Malecasta's castle in Book 3, Canto 1 of "The Faerie Queene" by Edmund Spenser.

Bacchis f Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Means "of Bacchus" or "female bacchanal, maenad" in Greek.

Baccho f Greek Mythology
Derived from Bacchus, this was the name of one of the Hyades.

Bacchylides m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Means "son of Bacchylis", derived from the feminine name Bacchylis and the usually patronymic suffix ἴδης (ides).

Bacchylis f Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology
Probably derived from Bacchus.

Baccia f Medieval Italian (Tuscan)
Feminine form of Baccio.

Baccianu m Sardinian
Gallurese variant form of Bastianu.

Baccìccia m Sardinian
Gallurese diminutive of Battista, borrowed from Spanish Bachicha.

Bacciccia m Sardinian
Variant spelling of Baccìccia.

Bacciccinu m Sardinian
Gallurese diminutive of Baccìccia, itself a diminutive of Battista.

Baccio m Medieval Italian (Tuscan)
Diminutive of names that end in -accio which is preceded by a "B sound", such as Bartolomeaccio, Bartolaccio, Iacobaccio, Bindaccio or Fortebraccio.

Bacco m Italian
Italian form of Bacchus.

Baccu m Sicilian
Sicilian form of Bacco.

Bacga m Anglo-Saxon
Unknown origin. Perhaps related to Bucge

Bách m & f Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 柏 (bách) meaning "cypress tree, cedar".

Bạch m & f Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 白 (bạch) meaning "white, pure".

Bach m English
Transferred use of the surname Bach.

Bacha m Russian
Means "beauty" in Russian.

Bacha m Georgian (Rare)
Short form of Bachana, but it can also be an independent name in its own right, in which case the name is directly derived from the Persian noun بچه (bačče) meaning "child".

Bachana m Georgian
Derived from an old Georgian word that means "obedient, submissive, docile", which itself is ultimately derived from the Persian noun بچه (bačče) meaning "child".

Bachanó m Romani (Caló)
Caló form of Sebastian.

Bacharuddin m Indonesian
Indonesian variant of Bahr al-Din.

Bacharudin m Indonesian
Indonesian variant of Bahr al-Din.

Bachi m Georgian
Diminutive of Bacha and Bachana.

Bachicha m Spanish (Rare)
Diminutive of Bautista.

Bachir m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Bashir chiefly used in Northern Africa.

Bachis m Sardinian
Variant of Bachisio.

Bachisia f Sardinian
Feminine form of Bachisio.

Bachisio m Sardinian
Of unknown origin and meaning. Theories include a corruption of Bacco.

Bacho m Georgian
Diminutive of Bacha and Bachana.

Bachruddin m Indonesian
Indonesian variant of Bahr al-Din.

Bachrudin m Indonesian
Indonesian variant of Bahr al-Din.

Bachtiaruddin m Indonesian
Combination of Bachtiar and الدين (al-dīn) meaning “the religion” in Arabic.

Bà Chúa Xứ f Far Eastern Mythology
The name of a Vietnamese goddess of business, health and the Vietnamese border. Her name is derived from bà chúa meaning "lady, a woman of wealth and luxury" and xứ meaning "country".

Bachué f New World Mythology
Means "one with the naked breast" in Chibcha. This is the name of a goddess who in the Muisca religion is the mother of humanity.

Bachuki m Georgian
Diminutive of Bacha and Bachana.

Baciccia m Sardinian, Ligurian
Sardinian and Ligurian diminutive of Battista, borrowed from Spanish Bachicha.

Bacigül f Azerbaijani
From the Azerbaijani bacı meaning "sister" and gül meaning "flower, rose".

Bacinur f Azerbaijani
Derived from the Azerbaijani bacı meaning "sister" and the Arabic نور (nur) meaning "light".

Backo f & m Indigenous Australian
Meaning unknown (from a language possibly spoken near Townsville, Queensland in the south-easthern Australia).... [more]

Baco m Greek Mythology (Portuguese-style), History (Ecclesiastical)
Spanish and Portuguese form of Bacchus. Baco (Bacchus in English) was a fourth-century Roman Christian soldier who, alongside Sergius, is revered as martyr and military saint by the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches... [more]

Bacona f English

Bács m Medieval Hungarian

Bácsa m Medieval Hungarian

Bacsó m Medieval Hungarian
Diminutive of Bács.

Bacucco m Italian
Diminutive of Abaco.

Bada m Yoruba
Possibly from Yoruba bá meaning "togerher with" and dà meaning "mix". It is likely a short form of another name.

Bada f & m Korean (Modern)
From native Korean 바다 (bada) meaning "sea, ocean."

Bada m & f Madí
Meaning unknown. Jamamadí language is spoken in Acre and Amazonas State in Brazil.

Badaba m Coptic (Arabized), Arabic
Arabized form of Patape.

Badal m Indian
Cloud

Badam m Pashto
Means "almond" in Pashto.

Badam f & m Mongolian
Mongolian form of Sanskrit Padma meaning "lotus".

Badamgül f Azerbaijani
From the Azerbaijani badam meaning "almond" and gül meaning "flower, rose".

Badamlyanhua f Mongolian (Rare)
Probably derived from a sinicized form of Badmaa and Mongolian лянхуа (lyankhua) meaning "lotus, water lily".

Badamohet m Guanche
Borne by a Guanche warrior from Tenerife.

Badana f Yiddish
Variant of Bodhana.

Badanna f Yiddish
This is a Yiddish form of Theodora.

Badar m & f Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Badr.

Badariah f Indonesian, Malay
Most likely derived from Arabic بدر (badr) meaning "full moon".

Badarika f Odia
Means "jujube fruit" in Odia.

Badaskhan f Armenian (Western, Rare)
A Western Armenian name popular in the 18th-19th centuries. It has since fallen out of use. From the Armenian "պատասխան," meaning "answer."

Badaya f Pakistani, Arabic
Possible meanings could be "beginnings, initiation, inception, genesis"

Badayco m Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)

Badb f Irish Mythology, Irish
Means "crow, demon" in early Irish (and may have originally denoted "battle" or "strife"). In Irish myth the Badb was a war goddess who took the form of a crow. She and her sisters, the Morrígan and Macha, were a trinity of war goddesses known collectively as the Morrígna.

Badcock m Medieval English
Diminutive of Bartholomew.

Baddrul m Malay
Malay variant of Badrul.

Bade f Turkish
Means "wine, drink", from Persian bâde (باده) "wine".

Bade m Nigerian
The use of the name in Nigeria is likely due to the Bade Emirate, a traditional state in Yobe State, Nigeria, the home of the Bade people.

Bade m & f Indian (Muslim), Hindi
Likely a variant of Badr. It also means "big, older" in Hindi.

Badeea f Arabic
Means “inventor”.

Badeey m Yakut
Derived from the name of a folk Yakut hero who was the first leader of the Kangalassky Yakuts.

Badegisel m Germanic
Derived from the Germanic element bald "brave, bold" (commonly reduced to bad or baud when Latinized) or possibly Celto-Germanic badu "battle", combined with gisel "hostage" or "pledge" (ge- "co-" + the root of "sell" in the sense of "give"—thus something or someone given in exchange).

Badegisil m Germanic
Variant of Badegisel.

Bâdegül f Turkish
Derived from Turkish bâde meaning "almond" and gül meaning "rose".

Badelihan m Chinese
Meaning unknown, possibly a Siniced form of an Asian name. It is written with the Chinese characters 巴 (see Ba) combined with 德 (see De), 里 (see Li 1) and 汗 (see Han).... [more]

Badem m Bosnian (Rare)
Means "almond" in Bosnian.

Badema f Mongolian (Sinicized)
Sinicized form of Badmaa.

Badema f Bosnian
Feminine form of Badem.

Badeñol m Guanche

Bäđer f Bashkir
Bashkir form of Badr.

Bader m & f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic بدر (see Badr).

Baderic m Germanic, History
Means "powerful battle", derived from the Germanic elements badu "battle" and rîcja "powerful, strong, mighty." The second element is also closely related to Celtic rîg or rix and Gothic reiks, which all mean "king, ruler." Baderic was a 6th-century co-king of the Thuringii, a Germanic tribe.

Baderich m German
German form of Baderic.

Baderik m Dutch
Dutch form of Baderic.

Badhild f Germanic
Derived from the Germanic element badu "battle" combined with Old Norse hildr "battle."

Badhl f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Means "gift" in Arabic.

Badi m Arabic
Means "a wonderful man" in Arabic.

Badi'a f Muslim
Means "unique, admirable".

Badia f Uzbek
Means "artistic creation" in Uzbek.

Badi al-Zaman m Arabic
Means "marvel of the age" from Arabic بديع (badi') meaning "marvelous, wonderful" and زمان (zaman) meaning "time, age, era".

Badiambila m & f Luba
Means "let them speak among themselves" in Luba-Kasai.

Badiaperi f Uzbek
Derived from badia meaning "artistic creation" and peri meaning "fairy".

Badigwala m & f Kassena
Means "they have defeated the slave raider" in Kasem.

Badiha f Uzbek
Means "impromptu verse, musical performance" in Uzbek.

Badillo m Mexican

Badîn m Kurdish

Badinabi f Central African, Luba
Means "they have riches" in Luba-Kasai.

Badis m Berber (Rare)
The meaning of this name is unknown but several kings had this name.

Badischte m German (Swiss)
Alemannic German form of Baptiste.

Badiuzzaman m Bengali
Bengali form of Badi al-Zaman.

Ba'diya f Uzbek
Derived from the Uzbek ba'd meaning "heart, soul".

Badiya f Arabic
Means "desert" in Arabic. Derived from Arabic "badī," meaning 'rhetorical embellishment,' referring in general to the concept of novelty.

Badiyah f Arabic (Rare)

Badma m & f Buryat, Kalmyk
Buryat and Kalmyk form of Padma.

Badmaa f Mongolian
Mongolian form of Padma, meaning "lotus".

Badmaarag f & m Mongolian
Means "ruby" in Mongolian.

Badmazhap m Buryat
Means "protected by lotus" in Buryat.

Bado m Old High German, Germanic
Old High German form of Baði.

Badong m Filipino
Diminutive of Salvador.

Bador m Filipino
Short form of Salvador.

Badore m Sardinian
Short form of Sarbadore.

Badoura f Folklore
Alternate name for a princess from the tales for the Arabian Nights, Badroulbadour.

Badra m & f Western African, Arabic
Possibly a variant of Badr.

Badraa m & f Mongolian
From Sanskrit भद्र (bhadra) meaning "good, excellent, fortunate" or "prosperity, happiness, health".

Badrakh m & f Mongolian
Means "blaze, glow" or "prosper, flourish" in Mongolian.

Badral m & f Mongolian
Means "flourishing, thriving; creation" in Mongolian.

Badr al-Din m Arabic
From Arabic بدر (badr) meaning "full moon" and دين (dīn) meaning "religion, faith".

Badr al-Zaman m Arabic
Means "full moon of the era" from Arabic بدر (badr) meaning "full moon" combined with زمان (zamān) meaning "time, age, era".

Badrangui m & f Mongolian
Means "inspirational, flourishing" in Mongolian.

Badreddine m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic بدر الدين (see Badr al-Din) chiefly used in Northern Africa.

Badredine m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic بدر الدين (see Badr al-Din) chiefly used in Northern Africa.

Bädretdin m Tatar
Derived from Arabic Badr, meaning ”full moon”, and Din, meaning ”religion”.

Badri m Arabic, Indonesian, Malay
Means "my full moon" in Arabic, derived from بدر (badr) meaning "full moon".

Badria f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic بدرية (see Badriya).

Badriah f Arabic, Indonesian
Alternate transcription of Arabic بدرية (see Badriya), as well as an Indonesian variant.

Badrig m Armenian (Rare, Archaic)

Badriko m Georgian (Rare)
Diminutive of Badri.

Badriyyah f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic بدرية (see Badriya).

Badrizal m Indonesian (Rare)
Combination of the name Badri and the masculine suffix -zal.

Badrodin m Filipino, Maguindanao, Indonesian (Rare)
Maguindanao and Indonesian form of Badr al-Din.

Badrol m Malay
Malay variant of Badrul.

Badroulbadour f Literature, Folklore
From Arabic بدر البدور‎ (Badr ul-Budūr) meaning "full moon of full moons" (see also Budur). This is the name of the princess in the Middle Eastern fairy tale 'Aladdin', one of the tales in the 'Arabian Nights'.

Badruddin m Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Malay, Indonesian
Alternate transcription of Arabic بدر الدين (see Badr al-Din), as well as the Urdu, Bengali, Malay, and Indonesian form.

Badrudin m Indonesian, Filipino, Maguindanao
Indonesian and Maguindanao form of Badr al-Din.

Badrul m Arabic, Bengali, Malay, Indonesian
First part of compound Arabic names beginning with بدر ال (Badr al) meaning "full moon of the" (such as Badr al-Din).

Badrulzaman m Malay
Malay variant of Badr al-Zaman.

Badr-un-nissa f Persian
The name of a Mughal princess meaning "full moon amongst women".

Badruzaman m Indonesian
Indonesian variant of Badr al-Zaman.

Badruzzaman m Bengali, Malay, Indonesian
Bengali, Malay and Indonesian variant of Badr al-Zaman.

Badshah m Indian

Baduhenna f Germanic Mythology
Baduhenna was a minor goddess worshipped in ancient Frisia. According to Tacitus, a sacred grove was dedicated to her near which 900 Roman soldiers were killed in 28 CE. Her name is likely derived from Proto-Germanic *badwa- "battle" and -henna, a name element which appears in the names of matrons, Germanic goddesses widely attested from the 1st to 5th century CE on votive stones and votive altars.

Badulfus m Germanic (Latinized)
Latinized form of Badulf.

Badumedi f Tswana
Means "believe" in Setswana.

Badúwaa f Akan
Means "tenth born" in Akan.

Bådwin m Walloon
Walloon form of Baudouin.

Badzhei m & f Yakut

Bądzimir m Polish
The first element of this name is derived from Polish bądź, which is the second-person singular imperative form of the verb być "to be". The second element is derived from Slavic mir "peace"... [more]

Bądzisław m Polish

Bądzisława f Polish
Feminine form of Bądzisław.

Bądzsław m Polish (Archaic)
Derived from będzie "will be, going to" and sław "fame, glory".

Bądzsława f Polish
Derived from będzie meaning "will be, going to" and sława meaning "fame, glory".

Bae f & m Korean
Means ''inspiration''. Can be used as standalone name.

Baeddan m Welsh Mythology
In the medieval Welsh tale 'Culhwch and Olwen' this name belongs to the father of Maelwys, one of Arthur's warriors.

Baeghab m & f Korean (Rare)
Means "Lily" in Korean.

Bæglir m Old Norse
Old Norse name deriving from a verb related to Nynorsk begla meaning "to hinder, to stand in someone's way" or a noun related to Nynorsk begla meaning "contrary, sullen, obstinate person".

Baehaki m Indonesian
Variant of Baihaqi.

Baehaqi m Indonesian
Variant of Baihaqi.

Bæilir m Old Norse
Probably an Old Norse variant of Bæglir.