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Barca f Galician (Rare)
Derived from Galician word barca meaning "barge, small boat". This is a the name or a title of the Virgin Mary (Virxe da Barca, "Virgin of Barca") native to the town of Muxía, Galicia.
Barka f Hungarian (Rare)
Derived from Hungarian barka "catkin".
Bərna f Azerbaijani (Rare)
Azerbaijani form of Berna.
Barty m English (Rare), Popular Culture
Diminutive of Bartholomew and other Bart- names.
Baruj m Jewish (Hispanicized, Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Possibly a variant of Baruch. A notable bearer was Venezuelan immunologist Baruj Benacerraf (1920-2011), who was of Sephardi Jewish heritage.
Bassa f Ancient Greek (Rare)
Transcription of Greek feminine name Βάσσα, of unknown meaning.
Båtel m Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Rare archaic form of Bótulfr, most common in Gotland, Sweden.
Bátor m Hungarian (Rare)
Originally it derives from a Turkish word and it means "warlord". Nowadays it is associated with Hungarian word "bride".
Bator f Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Means "girl of light", from a combination of Bat and Or.
Bauer m English (Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Bauer.
Bayli f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Bailey.
Bayou m American (South, Rare, ?)
From the American English word bayou which derives from the Choctaw word bayuk meaning "small stream".
Beđar m Sami (Rare)
Sami form of Pædhar.
Beige f English (American, Rare)
Taken directly from the color beige.
Belon f Gascon (Rare)
Diminutive of Isabèl.
Belva f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Apparently a feminine form of Belvedere. A notable bearer of this name was Belva Lockwood (1830-1917), one of the first female lawyers in the United States.
Benía f Icelandic (Rare)
Icelandic form of Benja.
Benna f Danish (Rare), Icelandic (Rare)
Short form of names beginning with Ben-, particularly Bente and Benedikte, as well as a short form of names beginning with Bern-, particularly Bernhardine.
Benry m Obscure (Modern, Rare)
Variant/combination of Ben 1 and Henry.
Benta f Galician (Rare)
Feminine form of Bento.
Beril f English (Rare)
Variant of Beryl. Beril Jents (1918-2013) was an Australian fashion designer. She is recognized as "Australia’s first queen of haute couture".
Berna f Hungarian, German (Bessarabian), Dutch (Rare), Flemish (Rare), Afrikaans
Short form of Bernadett and Bernadetta as well as a Dutch and Afrikaans short form of names beginning with the element Bern-.
Berno m Medieval German, German (Rare)
Short form of names containing the element bern "bear" making it a cognate of Björn. Borne by the first abbot of Cluny venerated as a saint.
Berte f Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), French (Rare)
Variant of Berta as well as a French variant of Berthe.
Berth m Dutch (Rare)
Variant of Bert.
Béryl f & m French (Modern, Rare)
French form of Beryl.
Betja f Yiddish (Germanized, Rare)
Of uncertain origin and meaning; theories include a German-Yiddish variant of Bithiah.
Beton m American (Rare, Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname Beton.
Bibbe f English (American, Rare)
The given name of the artist, musician, and actress Bibbe Hansen (*1952).
Bibbi f Swedish, Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Mainly a diminutive of Birgitta and its variant forms (see also Bibi).
Bíbor f Hungarian (Rare)
Old Hungarian name originally meaning "flax tissue", nowadays it is associated with Hungarian word "purple". Its more popular diminutive is Bíborka.
Biden m English (Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Biden.
Bieke f Dutch (Rare), Flemish
Diminutive of Beatrijs/Beatrix and Sabina/Sabine as well as Gabrielle (via its short forms Gabi and Gabie).
Bilio m Asturian (Rare)
Asturian form of Abilio.
Bilke f Low German (Modern, Rare)
Low German diminutive of Names starting in Bil- (from the Germanic name element BILI "gentleness").
Binck m Dutch (Rare)
Variant of Bink.
Binky m & f English (Rare)
A nickname of unknown meaning. A notable bearer of the nickname is Binky Felstead from the show 'Made in Chelsea', whose real name is Alexandra.
Biras m Lithuanian (Rare)
Short form of masculine names that start with Bir-, such as Birmantas and Birvydas.
Biray f & m Arabic (Egyptian, Rare)
Name found in the Bible rare used back in history.Biray is a late loan word from and refers to the fortified acropolis, usually built at the highest and most easily defensible part of a city ( Nehemiah 1:1; Esther 1:2 ). It referred to the fortress near the Temple in the rebuilt Jerusalem (Nehemiah 2:8 ) A castle place or mountain.
Bircə f Azerbaijani (Rare)
Means "the only one" in Azerbaijani.
Birga f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Archaic), German (Rare)
Contracted form of Birgitta, as well as a feminine form of Birger.
Birjo f Estonian (Rare)
Estonian cognate of Pirjo.
Biron m English (Rare), Theatre
Shakespeare used this name in one of the three companions of King Ferdinand in Love's Labour Lost (1594).
Birsu f Turkish (Rare)
From Turkish bir meaning "one" and su meaning "water".
Bítia f Hungarian (Rare)
Hungarian form of Bithiah.
Bitti f Swedish (Rare), Greenlandic
Variant form of Bitte or from the Swedish word bitti (short form of bittida) meaning "early" and Greenlandic younger spelling of Bíte.
Bivoj m Czech (Rare)
Allegedly derived from Czech bíti "to smite; to beat; to fight" and the Slavic element voji "soldier".
Bixby f & m American (Modern, Rare)
Transferred from the surname Bixby.
Bizas m Bosnian, Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)
Bosnian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Byzas.
Bjela f Czech (Rare)
Derived from the old Slavic word белъ (belu) meaning "white". Cognate of Běla.
Blær m & f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Directly taken from the Old Norse name element blǣr "wind gust, gentle breeze".
Bláey f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the Old Norse name elements blár "blue; dark; black" and ey "island; flat land along a coast" (which is also often related to the Old Norse name element auja "(gift of) luck; fortune").
Blaia f Catalan (Rare)
Feminine form of Blai.
Bland m English (Rare)
Either a transferred use of the surname Bland or an English form of Blandus.
Blase m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Blase or a variant of Blaise.
Bleza f Breton (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Blez.
Blina f Albanian (Rare)
Feminine form of Blin.
Bliss f & m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Bliss or simply from the English word "bliss".
Bloem f Dutch (Rare)
Derived from the Dutch word bloem meaning "flower".... [more]
Bluey m & f Popular Culture (Rare)
Diminutive of Blue.
Bobbo m English (Rare)
Rare diminutive of Robert (and Robin).
Bobie m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Bobby.
Bobir m Tajik (Rare), Uzbek
Tajik and Uzbek form of Babur, possibly via Babir. Also compare Bobur.... [more]
Bobra f American (South, Rare)
Variant of Barbara, influenced by Bob.
Bodin m Serbian (Rare), Medieval Serbian, History
Serbian king Constantine Bodin (fl. 1072–1108) was a ruler of Duklja, the second, although titular, King of Duklja and Dalmatia from 1081 to 1101, succeeding his father, King Michael.... [more]
Bodza f Hungarian (Rare)
Directly taken from Hungarian bodza "elderberry; elder (tree)".
Boell f Danish (Rare, Archaic)
Former Danish variant of Boel.
Bofen f & m Chinese (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Bo 2 and Fen 1.
Bogát m Hungarian (Rare)
Old Hungarian name of possibly Slavic origin which is said to mean "rich, wealthy". In Western Hungary, this is a byname of Saint Julian.
Bogey f Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from Old Norse bogi meaning "bow" (compare Bogi) combined with ey meaning "island" or ey meaning "good fortune"... [more]
Boise m American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Boise or the place name Boise.
Bolla f Old Norse, Swedish (Rare)
Pet form of Bóthildr and names containing the name element borg meaning "castle, fortification", like Borghild and Ingeborg.
Bolta m Croatian (Rare)
Variant form of Bolto.
Boman m Swedish (Rare)
Possibly transfered usage of the surname Boman.
Bonas m Lithuanian (Rare)
Shortened form of names beginning with Bon-, like Bonaventūras and Bonifacijus.
Bonui f & m Korean (Rare)
from the korean word '보늬', meaning the inner shell of chestnuts, acorns, etc.
Booth m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Booth, which is derived from Middle English bothe meaning "booth, bothy, hut", which itself is ultimately derived from Old Norse búð meaning "booth, dwelling, shelter"... [more]
Boots m & f English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Boots or a nickname whose meaning is particular to the bearer.... [more]
Böret f Swedish (Rare)
Dialectal variant of Berit found in Norrland and Västergötland.
Börge m Swedish, German (Rare)
Swedish form of Børge.
Borka m Literature, Swedish (Rare)
Borka is the father of Birk Borkason and one of the antagonists in Astrid Lindgren's 'Ronia the Robber's Daughter'. Lindgren might have gotten the name from Lake Borkasjön in Lapland, northern Sweden.
Bosim m Tajik (Rare), Uzbek (Rare)
Tajik and Uzbek form of Basim.
Botan f Japanese (Rare)
From 牡丹 (botan), referring to the (Chinese tree) peony.... [more]
Botel m & f Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)
Former variant of Bothild or Botolv.
Boði m Old Norse (Hypothetical), Icelandic (Rare)
Hypothetical Anglo-Scandinavian diminutive of Bǫðvarr (from Old Norse bǫð "battle").
Bouse m English (Canadian, Rare)
Diminutive of Bower. A notable bearer is John Bower "Bouse" Hutton (1877-1962), a Canadian ice hockey goaltender and Hockey Hall of Fame member.
Bowdy m American (Americanized, Rare, ?)
Variant of Bohdi and transferred use of the surname Bowdy.
Bower m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Bower. It was the middle name of John Bower "Bouse" Hutton (1877-1962), a Canadian ice hockey goaltender and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Boyan m & f Chinese (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Bo 2 and Yan 2.
Božur m Serbian (Rare)
Flower name meaning "peony", or more specifically, Paeonia peregrina flower from the peony family. The flower has a symbolic meaning, as it, according to the legend, sprung from the blood of fallen Serbian heroes during the Battle of Kosovo (1389).
Brada f English (Modern, Rare)
Possibly a feminine form of Braden.
Brass m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Brass. Alternately, could be taken directly from the English word brass, a metal alloy of copper and zinc, possibly derived from Proto-Germanic brasō "fire, pyre"... [more]
Breah f English (Modern, Rare)
Short form of Brianna, or elaboration of Bree.
Brené f English (American, Rare)
Probably a combination of two names, such as a name starting with B- with René or Renée.... [more]
Breun m Dutch (Rare)
Rare Dutch form of Bruno. The form Bruin is more common and better attested.
Breza f Croatian (Rare)
Means "birch" in several Slavic languages.
Brezo f Spanish (European, Rare)
Means "heather" in Spanish, taken from the title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora del Brezo meaning "Our Lady of the Heather". She is venerated in the Spanish province of Palencia.... [more]
Briek m Flemish, Dutch (Rare)
Originally a short form of Alberik.
Bríga f Irish (Rare)
Possibly a Latinized form of Bríd or Brígh.
Brodd m Norwegian (Rare)
From Old Norse broddr meaning "spike."
Brodi m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Brody. According to the US Social Security Administration, 24 baby boys and 13 baby girls were named Brodi in 2006
Brola f Georgian (Rare)
Derived from the Georgian noun ბროლი (broli) meaning "crystal" (as in the glass, not the mineral). In some cases, this name can also be a short form of the related name Nazibrola.
Bruin m Dutch (Rare), English (Rare, ?), Folklore
Dutch form of Bruno. It coincides with the Dutch word for "brown". This was also the name of the bear in medieval fables of Reynard the Fox.
Brüne m Low German (Rare)
Low German variant of Bruno.
Brune m & f Dutch (Rare)
Dutch variant of Bruno and Bruna.
Brúnó m Hungarian (Rare)
Hungarian form of Bruno.
Brūss m Latvian (Modern, Rare)
Latvian adaptation of Bruce.
Bryah f English (Modern, Rare)
Possibly a variant of Bria or Brea. According to the SSA, Bryah was given to 12 girls in 2015.
Bryer m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Bryer.
Bueyo f Spanish (Rare)
From the Marian title Virgen de Bueyo, patron saint of Albelda de Iregua (La Rioja). The name Bueyo comes from a small settlement in the vicinity where oxherding was common (cf. Spanish buey "ox").
Buhay m Filipino (Rare)
Comes from the Filipino word "buhay" meaning life.
Bujor m Romanian (Rare)
Means "peony" in Romanian.
Bunko f Japanese (Rare)
This name is used as 文子 with 文 (bun, mon, aya, fumi) meaning "art, decoration, figures, literature, style, sentence, plan" and 子 (shi, su, tsu, ko, -ko, ne) meaning "child, sign of the rat (1st sign of Chinese zodiac)."... [more]
Buono m Italian (Rare, Archaic)
Means "good" in Italian.
Burai m Japanese (Japanized, Rare)
武 means "ferocious". 頼 means "rely".
Burgo f Spanish (Rare)
From the Marian titles Virgen del Burgo and Nuestra Señora del Burgo, venerated in Alfaro (La Rioja). The original church was erected outside the walls, and later reconstructed within them... [more]
Burne f Basque (Rare)
Coined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde as a Basque equivalent of Bruna and Brune.
Burns m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Burns 1.
Burny m English, Dutch (Rare)
Variant of Berny (in which case the spelling is more phonetical) and Burney.... [more]
Burry m Afrikaans, Dutch (Rare)
Diminutive of masculine given names that contain the Germanic element burg meaning "fortress", such as Burghard... [more]
Butts m American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Butts or a nickname with meaning particular to the bearer. Notable namesake, professional baseball player, Albert "Butts" Wagner was the older brother of baseball great Honus Wagner.
Byard m American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Byard.
Bynum m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname.
Byrum m English (Rare)
Transferred from the surname "Byrum."
Cabot m English (Rare)
The name 'Cabot' comes from the fifteenth century Italian explorer Giovanni Caboto who was commissioned by the Kingdom of England to discover North America. When Caboto arrived in England is name was changed to John Cabot to sound more English... [more]
Cacey f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Casey (See also Kacey).
Caddy f & m English (Rare), Literature
Variant of Caddie. Fictional bearers include Caddy Jellyby, a character in Charles Dickens' novel Bleak House (1853), and Candace "Caddy" Compson, a character in William Faulkner's novel The Sound and the Fury (1929).
Cadon m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Caden influenced by the spelling of Jadon.
Caela f English (Rare)
Variant of Kayla, also used as a short form of Micaela.
Calem m English (Rare)
Most likely a variant of Callum.
Calia f Greek (Cypriot, Rare)
Variant transcription of Kalia.
Calix m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Modern name taken from the Latin word calix meaning "wine cup, chalice".
Calla f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Kalla as well as an adoption of the plant name.
Camel m Arabic (Maghrebi, Rare)
Maghrebi variant of Kamil 1.
Camry f & m English (Modern, Rare)
From the name of a car model, made by Toyota, which derives from Japanese kanmuri meaning "crown" and may be an anagram of the English phrase my car. It could also be used as a diminutive of Camryn.
Camus m French (Rare), Chinese (Cantonese, Rare, ?)
Transferred use of the surname Camus.
Canco m Spanish (European, Rare)
Hypocorism of Juan José via baby talk.
Canna f English (Rare)
Rare name of uncertain origin and meaning that first appeared in the 19th century.... [more]
Canto f Spanish (European, Rare)
Means "edge" in Spanish, taken from the title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora del Canto, meaning "Our Lady of the Edge". She is the patron saint of the town of Toro, located in the Spanish province of Zamora.
Carda f German (Rare)
Short form of Ricarda.
Cardi f English (Rare)
A famous bearer is pop artist Cardi B (born in 1992 as Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar) who got her stage name from Bacardi, a white rum... [more]
Carel f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Carol 1. 11 girls in the USA were named CAREL in 1949.
Caria f English (Rare), South African
Possibly a variant of Carrie or Cara, or from the ancient place name Caria... [more]
Cario m English (Modern, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Spanish (Philippines, Rare)
Rhyming variant of Mario/Dario influenced by Cairo and the English word car.
Carit m Danish (Rare)
Invented by the Danish author Carl Brosbøll (1816-1900) for use as a pen name; his pseudonym, Carit Etlar, was an anagram of Carl and Tertia (his given name and that of his muse, Tertia Fabricius).
Cäthe f German (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Spelling variant of Käthe.... [more]
Catie f English (Rare), Irish
Variant of Katie more often used as a diminutive of names beginning with C, such as Catherine or Caitlin.
Cayce m & f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kayce (in itself which is a variant of either Casey or Case).
Caydn m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Caden, the spelling is influenced by Haydn.
Cayle m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Cale/Kale or Kaylee.
Cedra f English (Modern, Rare)
Feminine form of Cedric. A famous namesake is the child actress in the 2018 movie Capernaüm, Cedra Izzam.
Cedro m English (Rare)
Derived from the name "Cedric."
Ceili f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kaylee. It has been influenced by the Irish word céilí, which refers to a traditional Gaelic social gathering involving folk music and dancing (sometimes storytelling and poetry), ultimately derived from Old Irish céle "companion".
Celie f English, Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Literature
Adoption of French Célie outside the francophone world. This form of the name was used in Alice Walker's 1982 epistolary novel The Color Purple.
Çelik m Albanian (Rare)
Possibly derived from the name of the town in Kosovo.
Cerva f Italian (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Cerva, meaning "doe, hind (female deer)" in Italian.
Çeşmə f Azerbaijani (Rare)
Means "water spring" in Azerbaijani, ultimately from Persian چشمه (cheshme).
Cevia f Swedish (Rare)
Possibly a corruption of Sylvia.
Cézár m Hungarian (Rare)
Hungarian version of Caesar.
Chaeo f Thai (Rare)
Means "clear, transparent, limpid" in Thai. It is more commonly used as a nickname.
Chaja f Hebrew (Germanized), Hebrew (Polonized), Dutch (Modern, Rare)
A variant of Chaya used by German and Polish Jews. The name is also occasionally used by non-Jewish Netherlanders.
Chaos m & f Greek Mythology (Latinized), English (Rare)
From the English word meaning "gaping void," ultimately from the Greek khaos "abyss, that which gapes wide open, is vast and empty." In Hesiod's 'Theogeny,' Chaos is the primeval emptiness of the Universe, who gave birth to Gaea (Mother Earth), Tartarus (embodiment of the underworld), Eros (god of love), Erebus (embodiment of silence), and Nyx (embodiment of night).
Checa f Filipino (Rare)
Filipino form of Chica.
Cheda m English (American, Rare)
First used by youtuber tis not cheda found here https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCiY4Quz6lXFOF0961_jGAGg
Cheda m English (American, Americanized, Modern, Rare)
Derived from cheddar cheese first used by youtuber Tis_Not_Cheda
Cheer f English (Rare)
From the English word cheer, referring to a feeling of happiness, or a shout of joy or encouragement. Ultimately derived via Old French chiere from Late Latin cara "head".
Chema f Aragonese (Rare)
Aragonese form of Gema.
Chief m English (Rare)
Derived from the English-speaking word chief, which is another word for a leader.
Chiên f Vietnamese (Rare)
From Sino-Vietnamese 旃 meaning "felt".
Chiru m & f Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 散 (chiru) meaning "scatter" or 千 (chi) meaning "thousand", 智 (chi) meaning "intellect, wisdom", or 散 (chi) meaning "scatter" combined with 瑠 (ru) meaning "lapis lazuli", 瑠 (ru) meaning "precious stone", or 留 (ru) meaning "detain, stop, fasten"... [more]
Chizu f Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Chidzu.
Chleo f English (Rare)
Variant of Cleo influenced by a misspelling of Chloe.
Chono m Mongolian (Rare, Archaic)
Means "wolf" in Mongolian.
Chook m English (Rare)
Used as a nickname for Charles or as a pet form meaning ''chicken''.
Choya m & f English (American, Rare)
From an English spelling of the name of the cholla cactus.
Chrom m & f Popular Culture (Rare)
Possibly derived from Greek chroma meaning "color". This is the name of one of the protagonists of the video game Fire Emblem: Awakening. Variant of Chrome
Chrys f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Chris.
Chura f & m Japanese (Rare)
From the stem of Okinawan adjective 美/清らさん (churasan) meaning "beautiful, lovely," cognate to Japanese 清ら (kiyora), an archaic term referring to elegant and dazzling beauty, otherwise the stem of 清らか (kiyoraka) meaning "clean, pure, chaste."... [more]
Ciava f Irish (Rare)
Anglicized form of Caoimhe.
Cicci f Swedish (Rare)
Diminutive of Cecilia.
Ciccu m Sicilian (Rare), Folklore, Literature
Possibly a Sicilian diminutive of Francesco. This name is borne by the titular character of the Sicilian fairy tale 'The Story of Ciccu'. Ciccu is a young man who obtains a magic coverlet, purse, and horn from fairies, and later enters the service of a greedy king, whom he outwits and later gains his throne after the king's death... [more]
Cidre m Galician (Rare)
Short form of Isidoro.
Ciela f English (Modern, Rare), Filipino, Spanish (Latin American, Modern, Rare)
Either a modern variant of Cielo or a truncated form of names that end in -ciela.
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