BaucisfAncient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized) Derived from Greek βαυκος (baukos) meaning "prudish". In Greek mythology, Baucis and Philemon were an elderly couple who showed great hospitality to the god Zeus. Baucis was also the name of a Greek poet contemporaneous with Sappho and Erinna whose work is now lost, apostrophized in Erinna's 'Distaff'.
BaudetmMedieval French Medieval French diminutive of masculine names that contain the Germanic element bald meaning "bold, brave" (such as Baudouin, Baudri and Thibaud), as it contains the French masculine diminutive suffix -et.
BaudinmMedieval French Medieval French diminutive of masculine names that contain the Germanic element bald meaning "bold, brave" (such as Baudouin, Baudri and Thibaud), as it contains the French masculine diminutive suffix -in.
BaudolinomItalian From the Germanic element baud, of uncertain meaning. This is the name of the patron saint of Alessandria, who lived in the eighth century, as well as a book by Umberto Eco.
BaudrismArthurian Cycle, Literature An Irish knight who ruled the castle of Antiufais in Les Merveilles de Rigomer. He hosted Lancelot during the latter’s journey to Rigomer and provided him information on the road ahead.
BaudwinmArthurian Cycle, Literature One of the most important of the less-remembered knights, Baudwin seems to have been a major figure in various pre-Malory romances. In The Avowynge of King Arthur we learn that he made three interesting vows prompted by early experiences campaigning in Spain; never to deny anyone meat and drink, never to fear death, and never to be jealous of his wife or any other woman... [more]
BauemWest Frisian A name of Germanic origin that has been so strongly abbreviated, that one can no longer tell with certainty what the original form and its meaning is. Some scholars think that it is derived from the name Bavo.
BauilafGaulish Derived from Gaulish *baua, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *baṷā, "dirt, mud".
Baukem & fWest Frisian, Dutch For a man, it is the diminutive form of Baue - but for a woman, it is the feminine form of Baue. However, the name is far more common on men than on women.
BaurakmMormon In older publications of the Doctrine and Covenants, and alias used by Joseph Smith was a double name, Baurak and Ale. It is identified as a Hebrew term meaning "God bless you."
BautomHistory Flavius Bauto (died c. 385) was a Romanised Frank who served as a magister militum of the Roman Empire and imperial advisor under Valentinian II.
BavomDutch A name of Germanic origin that has been so strongly abbreviated, that one can no longer tell with certainty what the original form and its meaning is. Some think that it may be a short form of a name containing the Germanic element badu "battle" (like Baderic), while others think that it is derived from the Germanic element barn "child" via its Middle English form babe... [more]
Bawim & fChin Means "earl, officer" in Hakha Chin.
BawırjanmKazakh From the Kazakh бауыр (bawır) literally meaning "liver, stomach" but figuratively meaning "blood relations, siblings" and жан (jan) meaning "soul".
Bawkf & mKachin Means "round, plump, beautiful" in Kachin.
BaymMedieval Russian Derived from the archaic Russian verb баять (bayat) meaning "to speak, to tell", which is ultimately derived from Church Slavonic bajati meaning "to speak, to talk, to tell, to narrate".
BaybarsmMedieval Turkic, History Means "lord panther" in Turkish, derived from Turkish bay "rich person, noble" and pars "leopard, panther". This was the name of the fourth Mamluk Sultan of Egypt and Syria.
BaybikäfBashkir From Bashkir бай (bay) meaning "happy" and feminine name element бикә (bikä).
BayinnaungmHistory Means "king's elder brother" from Burmese ဘုရင် (bayin) meaning "king" and နောင် (naung) meaning "elder brother". This was the name of a 16th-century king of Myanmar.
BaynardmEnglish From the Middle English personal name "Bainard", via Norman French from ancient Germanic "Beinhard", perhaps from *bein-*, meaning "leg, bone" or a supposed element *bagin-*, meaning "dispute", and *-hard*, meaning "hard, brave."
BayonettafPopular Culture Name of the titular main character and protagonist of the same named game and movie. It's origins aren't very touched upon. However it's said in the movie to be derived from the weapon name "bayonet" and made feminine by the suffix "-ta".
BayoumAmerican (South, Rare, ?) From the American English word bayou which derives from the Choctaw word bayuk meaning "small stream".
BaysangurmChechen (Rare) Derived from the Turkish military title beg meaning "chieftain, master" or Persian bai meaning "mister" combined with Persian سنگ (sang) meaning "stone, rock". Baysangur of Benoa (1794-1861) was a Chechen commander of the 19th century.
BaytimermTatar Derived from бай (bay) meaning "rich" and тимер (timer) meaning "iron".
BayumIndonesian Means "wind, breeze" in Indonesian, ultimately from Sanskrit वायु (vayu).
BeaflursfArthurian Cycle Means "beautiful flower" (compare Blanchefleur). This was the name of a fairy in the Middle High German romance 'Parzival' (Wolfram von Eschenbach's adaptation of 'Perceval, the Story of the Grail', a poem by Chrétien de Troyes)... [more]
BeagmundmAnglo-Saxon Derived from Old English bēag "ring" (compare Old High German boug) and mund "protection".
BeatrijsfDutch, Flemish, Literature Dutch form of Beatrix. A notable bearer of this name is the Blessed Beatrijs of Nazareth (1200-1268), a Flemish Cistercian nun who is known as Beatrice in English.... [more]