BertrunfGermanic Derived from Old High German beraht "bright" and run "secret lore".
BertsetsegfMongolian Means "pincushion flower" (species Scabiosa comosa) in Mongolian, a kind of purple-blue flower in the honeysuckle genus. Ultimately derived from бэр (ber) meaning "bride, daughter-in-law, sister-in-law" and цэцэг (tsetseg) meaning "flower".
BertusmDutch (Latinized) Latinized form of Bert, as well as a short form of latinized Germanic names that contain the element beraht "bright", such as Albertus.
BertwaldmGermanic Derived from Old High German beraht "bright" combined with Gothic valdan "to reign" (see Berthold).
BertwinmGermanic, Dutch, German Means "bright friend", derived from Old High German beraht "bright" combined with Old High German wini "friend."
BervainasmLithuanian The first element of this name is either derived from the Lithuanian noun bernas meaning "child" as well as "boy, lad" or from the Lithuanian verb berti meaning "to spread, to scatter, to strew"... [more]
BérylunefTheatre Perhaps an elaborated form of French béryl meaning "beryl", possibly blending it with the word lune "moon". This was used by the Belgian playwright and poet Maurice Maeterlinck for a fairy in his play 'The Blue Bird' (1908).
BeryozamSoviet, Russian (Rare) Derived from the Russian noun берёза (beryoza) meaning "birch tree". Also compare Bereza, which is a medieval first name of the same etymological origin.... [more]
BeržasmLithuanian, Folklore, Popular Culture Derived from the Lithuanian noun beržas meaning "birch tree". In Lithuanian folklore and popular culture, Beržas is the name of one of the three sons of the titular character of the folk tale Eglė žalčių karalienė, which translates to English as Eglė, the Queen of Serpents.
BesmEgyptian Mythology Etymology uncertain. It could derive from Nubian bes "cat". It could also be from Egyptian bs "flame" or bz "to be initiated, to introduce". Bes is an ancient Egyptian deity worshipped as a protector of households, particularly mothers, children, and childbirth... [more]
BesafAlbanian Derived from Akbanian besë "pledge, word of honor; trust, faith".
BesançonmFrench (Swiss, Archaic) From the surname Besançon. Besançon Hugues (1487-1532) was a Swiss political and religious leader who was a member of the Grand Council of Geneva.
BesikmGeorgian Short form of Besarion. It began to be used as an independent name in the 18th century, thanks to the Georgian poet Besarion Gabashvili (1750-1791), who was known as Besik or Besiki... [more]
BesjanafAlbanian Derived from Besiana, one of the Albanian names of Podujevo, a city in north-eastern Kosovo. Allegedly, the name is ultimately derived from Albanian besë "faith; belief; trust; oath; promise".
BesselmWest Frisian (Rare), Dutch (Rare) Of Frisian origin, this name is possibly a diminutive of a shortened form of Germanic names that contain either the element bern meaning "bear" or the element beraht meaning "bright"... [more]
BessillefArthurian Cycle In the Prose Tristan, a Cornish woman who loved Tristan. When Tristan rejected her, she became the paramour of Andred, Tristan’s enemy, and conspired to reveal his affair with Isolde to King Mark.
Beteckm & fKenyang From bɛtɨk meaning "work" in Kenyang.
BétéidefIrish Mythology Means "wanton lady" in Irish Gaelic, from bé "woman" and téide "wantonness" (see Téide). In Irish legend she is a member of the Tuatha Dé Danann, daughter of the goddess Flidais and sister of the witch-like Bé Chuille.
BetelfTamil Betel is a "type of plant from South and South East Asia."
BethabarafEnglish (American, Rare, Archaic) From a New Testament place name, Βηθαβαρά (Bēthabará) in Greek, which is derived from Hebrew בית עברה (bēt ‛ăbārāh) meaning "house of the ford" or "place of crossing"... [more]
BethesdafVarious (Rare) From the name of a pool in Jerusalem, mentioned in the New Testament, known for its healing properties, which means "house of mercy" or "house of grace" from Aramaic בית (beth) "house, home" and חסדא (hesda) "mercy, kindness; favour, clemency"... [more]
BethiafBiblical Latin, Scottish, English Form of Bithiah used in some versions of the Old Testament, including the Douay-Rheims Bible. This name was popular in Scotland from the 17th century as an Anglicised form of Gaelic Beathag... [more]
BethléemfFrench (Archaic) French form of Bethlehem, which is the name of the birthplace of Jesus Christ. It appears that the given name Bethléem has always been very rare. I came across it in the Belgian civil registry (when I was doing genealogical research), where Bethléem was the name of an 18th-century French-speaking Belgian woman who was married, had 8 children between 1729-1748 and ultimately died in 1779.
BethócfScottish Gaelic, Medieval Scottish Derived from Scottish Gaelic beatha meaning "life", and therefore is related to the name Beathag. Most known bearers of this name include Bethóc Ingen mac Maíl Coluim, daughter of Malcolm II, King of Alba, as well as Bethóc, Prioress of Iona, daughter of Somerled, Lord of Argyll.
BethuliafEnglish (Rare, Archaic) From the name of a city mentioned only in the apocryphal Book of Judith, possibly derived from the Hebrew noun בתולה (betula) meaning "virgin". The city's deliverance by Judith, when besieged by the Assyrian general Holofernes, forms the subject of the Book of Judith.
BetianafSpanish (Latin American) First made known and popularised by Argentine actress Betiana Blum (1939-), in this case being a mix of her given names Betty and Ana.
BetismArthurian Cycle According to the French romance Perceforest, Alexander the Great made Betis the King of England following the former’s fictional conquest of Britain. His brother, Gaddifer, was likewise made the King of Scotland... [more]
BetomPortuguese Diminutive of Alberto, Adalberto, Roberto and names ending with "-berto". People who use this form includes brazilian singer Roberto Pereira dos Santos, better known by his stage name Beto Jamaica and portuguese footballer António Alberto Bastos Pimparel, known as Beto.
BetsaidafBiblical (Hispanicized), Spanish (Latin American) Derived from Betsaida, which is the Spanish form of Bethsaida, the name of two places in the New Testament. For both places, the name is either of Aramaic or Hebrew origin and means either "house of hunting" or "house of fishing"... [more]
BetsalelmHebrew, Biblical Means "in the shadow" in Hebrew. In the bible, this is the name of a son of Uri who was one of the architects of the tabernacle, and the name of an Israelite.
BettafFrankish 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]
BettisiafMedieval Italian Possibly a diminutive of Elisabetta, or a variant of Bettina. Bettisia Gozzadini (1209–1261) was the first woman to teach at a university; specifically the University of Bologna.