Submitted Names Starting with B

Búzavirág f Hungarian (Rare)
Means "cornflower" in Hungarian.

Bůžek m Czech
Diminutive form of Ambrož.

Buzi m Hebrew, Romani, Biblical
From Hebrew בוז (buz), "contempt". This name occurs only once in the Bible. The prophet Ezekiel mentions him as his father.

Buzig m Breton (Rare)
Variant of Budig.

Buzzie m English (American)
Variant of Buzzy.

Buzzy m American
A name that can be formed as an onomatopoeia, a word based on sound, or a nickname for someone with a short haircut. ... [more]

Bvumai m Shona
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

Bwami m Shona
Meaning "emperor", another form of the name is Hwami.

Bwerani m Chewa
Means "come" or "come back" in Chewa.

Bwire m Eastern African

Byaain f Alaskan
Female given name created by Alaskan Native Eskimo Baayin Asiksick in the early 1900s.

Byakko m Japanese (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]

Byakuran m Japanese
From Japanese 百 (byaku) meaning "hundred" or 白 (byaku) meaning "white" combined with 蘭 (ran) meaning "orchid". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Byakuren f Japanese
From Japanese 白 (byaku) "white" and 蓮 (ren) "lotus."

Byakuya m Popular Culture
Means "white night" or "arctic night" in Japanese. It is the name of a character in the popular Japanese manga and anime, "Bleach"

Byamba m & f Mongolian
Means "Saturday" in Mongolian, derived from Tibetan སྤེན་པ (spen pa) meaning "Saturn (planet)" or "Saturday" (see Pemba).

Byambabaatar m Mongolian
From Mongolian бямба (byamba) meaning "Saturday" and баатар (baatar) meaning "hero".

Byambadalai m & f Mongolian
From Mongolian бямба (byamba) meaning "Saturday" and далай (dalai) meaning "sea, ocean".

Byambadorj m Mongolian
From Mongolian бямба (byamba) meaning "Saturday" and дорж (dorj) meaning "diamond, vajra".

Byambajargal f & m Mongolian
From Mongolian бямба (byamba) meaning "Saturday" and жаргал (jargal) meaning "happiness, blessing".

Byambajav m & f Mongolian
From Mongolian бямба (byamba) meaning "Saturday" and жав (jav) meaning "salvation, deliverance".

Byamba-ochir m & f Mongolian
From Mongolian бямба (byamba) meaning "Saturday" and очир (ochir) meaning "diamond" or "staff, truncheon; thunderbolt".

Byambasüren f & m Mongolian
From Mongolian бямба (byamba) meaning "Saturday" and Tibetan ཚེ་རིང (tshe ring) meaning "long life, longevity".

Byambatseren m & f Mongolian
From Mongolian бямба (byamba) meaning "Saturday" combined with the given name Tseren, ultimately derived from Tibetan ཚེ་རིང (tshe ring) meaning "long life".

Byambatsetseg f Mongolian
Means "Saturday flower" in Mongolian, from бямба (byamba) meaning "Saturday" and цэцэг (tsetseg) meaning "flower".

Byambatsogt m & f Mongolian
From Mongolian бямба (byamba) meaning "Saturday" and цогт (tsogt) meaning "spirited, ardent".

Byambazhargal f & m Mongolian
From Mongolian бямба (byamba) meaning "Saturday" and жаргал (jargal) meaning "happiness, blessing".

Byamee m Indigenous Australian Mythology
Variant of Baiame.

Byamugisha m Kiga
Means "things of luck" in Rukiga.

Byanka f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Bianca.

Byanor m Arthurian Cycle
The recipient of a sword that formerly belonged to Arthur.

Byard m American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Byard.

Byashim m Turkmen
Variant transcription of Bäşim.

Byatriz f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Variant of Beatriz.

Byblis f Greek Mythology
In Greek mythology, Byblis was the daughter of Miletus, who fell in love with her twin brother Caunus and subsequently killed herself... [more]

Byddia f Welsh (Rare)

Bydia f Romani (Archaic)

Byénáama m Kiga
Means "things of secrets" in Rukiga.

Byeol f & m Korean (Modern)
From native Korean 별 (byeol) meaning "star."

Byeol-a f Korean (Rare)
Variant of Byeol-ah.

Byeol-ah f Korean (Rare)
Byeol, which means star, combined with a.

Byeolbit f & m Korean (Modern, Rare)
From native Korean 별빛 (byeolbit) meaning "starlight," effectively a combination of Byeol and Bit (compare Bitbyeol).

Byeol-bitna f Korean (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Byeol and Bit-na.

Byeol-ha f & m Korean (Modern)
Combination of Byeol and the first syllable of Haneul (compare Haneul-byeol).

Byeol-i f & m Korean (Modern)
From Byeol combined with the subject marking particle 이 (i).

Byeol-nim f & m Korean (Modern, Rare)
From Byeol suffixed with honorific 님 (nim).

Byeol-sol f & m Korean (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Byeol and Sol (compare Sol-byeol).

Byeong-cheol m Korean
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-Eun m Korean
From Sino-Korean 丙 (byeong) meaning "third" (referring to the third of the ten heavenly stems of the Chinese calendar) or 炳 (byeong) meaning "bright, luminous, glorious" combined with 垠 (eun) meaning "boundary, limit, riverbank" or 彥 (eun) meaning "elegant, handsome, learned"... [more]

Byeong-su m Korean
From Sino-Korean 炳 "bright, luminous; glorious" and 守 "defend, protect, guard, conserve". A famous bearer is South Korean footballer Yoo Byung-soo (1988-).

Byeong-Un m Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 병은 (see Byeong-Eun).

Byggvir m Old Norse, Norse Mythology
Means "seed corn". In Norse mythology Byggvir is a servant of Freyr and the husband of Beyla.

Bylas m Arthurian Cycle
A Saxon warrior who joined the Saxon invasion of Britain in the early days of Arthur’s reign.... [more]

Bylasan f Arabic
"It means Elderberry, from which incense and perfumes are extracted, and some treatments that benefit the scalp are also extracted.

Bylatyan m Yakut
Yakut form of Platon.

Byleiftr m Old Norse
Variant of Býleistr.

Byleiptr m Old Norse, Norse Mythology
Variant of Býleistr.

Býleistr m Norse Mythology
Means "bee-lightning" in Old Norse. In Norse mythology he is Loki's brother.

Byleistr m Old Norse, Norse Mythology
Variant of Býleistr.

Byleth m & f Popular Culture
Variant of Beleth. This is the name of an avatar character in Fire Emblem: Three Houses.

Bylgja f Faroese, 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.

Byllie f English (Rare)
Variant spelling of Billie, or a diminutive of Sibyl.

Byndi f English (American)
Variant of Bindi.

Bynek m Silesian
Silesian equivalent of Polish Benon and German Benno.

Byntli f English (American)
Alternate Spelling of Bentley

Bynum m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname.

Byorte f Buryat
Buryat form of Börte.

Byra f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Byron. This was borne by Byra Louise 'Puck' Whittlesey (1922-1988), the wife of Jack Hemingway, daughter-in-law of Ernest Hemingway and mother of actresses Mariel Hemingway and Margaux Hemingway.

Byran m English
Variant of Byron.

Byrd f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Bird or transferred use of the surname Byrd.

Byrda f American (South, Rare, Archaic)
Latinate form of Byrd and Byrdie.

Byrde f English (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Byrd.

Byrdene f English (American, Archaic)
Elaborated form of Byrd.

Byrdie f American (South)
Variant of Birdie.

Byren m English
Variant of Byron.

Byrganym f Kazakh (Rare)
From Kazakh бір (bir) meaning "one" combined with ханым (khanym) "lady, queen".

Byrger m Old Norse
Former variant of Birgir.

Byrghita f Old Swedish, Medieval Scandinavian
Old Swedish and Medieval Norwegian variant of Birgitta.

Byrgitta f Medieval Baltic
Medieval Latvian form of Brigita.

Byrgitte f Medieval Baltic
Variant of Byrgitta.

Byrhtferth m Anglo-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).

Byrhtferð m Anglo-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.

Byrita f Old Swedish
Old Swedish variant of Byrghita (see Birgitta).

Byritha f Old Swedish
Variant of Byrita.

Byrn m English (Rare)
Variant of Byrne.

Byront m English
Likely a variant of Byron

Byrony f English

Byrum m English (Rare)
Transferred from the surname "Byrum."

Byryn m English
Variant of Byron.

Bysor m English (American)
Seen as a first name in Southern Missouri. Also has been seen as a last name. ... [more]

Bystrík m Slovak
Derived from Slovak bystrý "smart, bright, perspicacious, shrewd".

Bytha f American (South, Archaic), Romani (Archaic)
Variant of Bitha.

Bytomir m Polish
Derived from Proto-Slavic byti "to be" (compare modern Polish być "to be") combined with Slavic mir "peace".

Bytyk m Yakut

Bytzel f Medieval German
Maybe a diminutive of a name containing the secondary name element BIZ, probably derived from BID "to sustain; to hope"

Byul f & m Korean (Modern)
Variant transcription of Byeol

Byung-chan m Korean
From Sino-Korean 秉 means 'grasp,hold;bundle;authority' 燦 means 'vivid,illuminating;bright'

Byung-Eun m Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 병은 (see Byeong-Eun).

Byung-Hee m & f Korean
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.

Byung-soo m Korean
Variant transcription of Byeong-su.

Byung-Un m Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 병은 (see Byeong-Eun).

Byuregh f Armenian (Rare)
Means "crystal, beryl" in Armenian, ultimately from Greek βήρυλλος (beryllos).

Byureghik f Armenian
Diminutive of Byuregh.

Byx m Old Norse
Old Norse byname, from Old Norse byxa meaning "to jump".

Byyang m Yakut
Means "abundance, wealth" in Sakha.

Byzantinus m Late Roman
Means "from Byzantium", with Byzantium being the latinized form of Greek Byzantion, which itself was ultimately derived from the personal name Byzas... [more]

Byzantius m Late 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.

Byzas m Greek 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]

Byze f Greek Mythology
Perhaps related to Byzas or to the Greek adverb βύζην (buzên) meaning "close pressed, closely". According to the Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis, Byze was a nymph, daughter of Erasinos and sister of Melite, Anchiroe and Maera.

Bzcho f Circassian
Means "doe" in Circassian.

Bzhichog f Tibetan
Means "four is enough" in Tibetan, perhaps expressing a wish for no more children.