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BAAKO   m & f   Western African
Means "first born child" in Akan.

BA'AL   m   Near Eastern Mythology
Derived from Semitic ba'al meaning "lord" or "possessor"... [more]

BAAL   m   Near Eastern Mythology
Variant spelling of BA'AL

BABAJIDE   m   Yoruba
Means "father has returned" in Yoruba.

BABAK   m   Iranian
Means "little father" in Persian... [more]

BABAR   m   Pakistani
Variant of BABUR

BABATUNDE   m   Yoruba
Means "father has returned" in Yoruba.

BABER   m   Pakistani
Variant of BABUR

BABETTE   f   English
Pet form of BARBARA or ELIZABETH

BABIRYE   f   Eastern African
Means "first of twins" in Luganda.

BABS   f   English
Pet form of BARBARA

BABUR   m   Pakistani
Means "lion" in Turkish... [more]

BACCHUS   m   Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From Greek Βακχος (Bakchos), derived from ιαχο (iacho) meaning "to shout"... [more]

BADR   m & f   Arabic
Means "full moon" in Arabic.

BAHA   m   Arabic
Means "splendour, glory" in Arabic.

BAHADUR   m   Iranian, Arabic
Means "bold, brave" in Persian.

BAHAR   f   Iranian, Turkish
Means "spring" in Persian.

BAHIGA   f   Arabic
Variant transcription of BAHIJA

BAHIJ   m   Arabic
Masculine form of BAHIJA

BAHIJA   f   Arabic
Means "happy" in Arabic.

BAHIYYA   f   Arabic
Means "beautiful" in Arabic.

BAHMAN   m   Iranian, Near Eastern Mythology
Possibly means "good mind" in Persian... [more]

BAHRAM   m   Iranian
Means "victory" in Persian. This is also the Persian name for the planet Mars.

BAI   m & f   Chinese
From Chinese "white, pure", "one hundred, many" or "cypress" (which is usually only masculine).

BAILA   f   Yiddish
Means "white" in Yiddish.

BAILEE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of BAILEY

BAILEY   m & f   English
From a surname derived from Middle English baili meaning "bailiff", originally denoting one who was a bailiff.

BÁIRBRE   f   Irish
Irish form of BARBARA

BAKAR   m   Basque
Means "alone" in Basque.

BAKARNE   f   Basque
Feminine form of BAKAR

BAKI   m   Arabic
Variant transliteration of BAQI

BAKR   m   Arabic
Means "young camel" in Arabic... [more]

BALA   m & f   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "young" in Sanskrit... [more]

BALADEVA   m   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "god of strength" from Sanskrit बल (bala) "strength" combined with देव (deva) "god"... [more]

BALÁZS   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of BLAISE

BALBINA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman cognomen Balbinus, a diminutive of Balbus which meant "stammerer"... [more]

BALDASSARE   m   Italian
Italian form of BALTAZAR

BALDER   m   Norse Mythology
Means "prince" from Old Norse... [more]

BALDEV   m   Indian
Modern transcription of BALADEVA

BALDO   m   Croatian
Croatian form of BALTAZAR

BALDOMERO   m   Spanish
Derived from the Germanic elements bald "bold, brave" and meri "famous".

BALDOVINO   m   Italian
Italian form of BALDWIN

BALDRIC   m   English
Derived from the Germanic elements bald "bold, brave" and ric "power, rule"... [more]

BALDUÍNO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of BALDWIN

BALDUINO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of BALDWIN

BALDUR   m   German, Icelandic
German and Icelandic form of BALDER

BALDWIN   m   English
Derived from the Germanic elements bald "bold, brave" and wine "friend"... [more]

BALENDIN   m   Basque
Basque form of Valentinus (see VALENTINE (1)).

BALFOUR   m   English
From a surname meaning "village pasture" in Gaelic.

BÁLINT   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of Valentinus (see VALENTINE (1)).

BALTASAR   m   Spanish
Spanish form of BALTAZAR

BALTAZAR   m   Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Means "BA'AL protect the king" in Phoenician... [more]

BALTHASAR   m   Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Variant of BALTAZAR

BALTHAZAR   m   Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Variant of BALTAZAR

BAMBANG   m   Indonesian
Means "knight" in Javanese.

BAMBI   f   English
Derived from Italian bambina meaning "young girl"... [more]

BAMIDELE   m   Yoruba
Means "follow me home" in Yoruba.

BANDI   m   Hungarian
Pet form of ANDRÁS

BANU   f   Iranian, Turkish
Means "lady" in Persian.

BAO (1)   m & f   Chinese
From Chinese "treasure, precious", "praise" or "bud" (which is usually only feminine).

BAO (2)   m   Vietnamese
Means "protection" in Vietnamese.

BAPTIST   m   German, English
German and English form of BAPTISTE

BAPTISTE   m   French
Means "baptist" in French, originally deriving from Greek βαπτω (bapto) "to dip"... [more]

BAQI   m   Arabic
Means "eternal" in Arabic. This was the pen name of a 16th-century Turkish poet.

BAQIR   m   Arabic
Means "to rip open" in Arabic... [more]

BARABAL   f   Scottish
Scottish form of BARBARA

BARAK   m   Biblical, Jewish
Means "lightning" in Hebrew... [more]

BARAKAT   m   Arabic
Means "blessings, gifts" in Arabic.

BARAZ   m   Iranian
Means "exalted" in Persian.

BARB   f   English
Short form of BARBARA

BÁRBARA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of BARBARA

BARBARA   f   English, Italian, French, German, Polish, Hungarian, Slovene
Derived from Greek βαρβαρος (barbaros) meaning "foreign"... [more]

BARBIE   f   English
Pet form of BARBARA

BARBORA   f   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of BARBARA

BARBRA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of BARBARA

BARBRO   f   Swedish
Swedish form of BARBARA

BARCLAY   m   Scottish, English, Irish
From a Scottish surname which was likely derived from the English place name Berkeley, meaning "birch wood" in Old English.

BARIŞ   m   Turkish
Means "peace" in Turkish.

BARLAAM   m   Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Meaning unknown... [more]

BARNA   m   Hungarian
Hungarian short form of BARNABAS

BARNABÁS   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of BARNABAS

BARNABAS   m   English, German, Biblical
Greek form of an Aramaic name which probably meant "son of the prophet" (though it is claimed in Acts 4:36 to mean "son of encouragement")... [more]

BARNABÉ   m   French
French form of BARNABAS

BARNABY   m   English
Medieval English form of BARNABAS

BARNEY   m   English
Short form of BARNABAS, BERNARD or BARNABY

BARRA   m   Irish
Short form of FIONNBHARR

BARRET   m   English
From a surname meaning "dispute" in Middle English, originally given to a quarrelsome person.

BARRETT   m   English
Variant of BARRET

BARRIE   m   Irish, English
Variant of BARRY

BARRY   m   Irish, English
Anglicized form of the Irish name Bairre, which is a pet form of FIONNBHARR.

BART   m   English, Dutch
Short form of BARTHOLOMEW... [more]

BARTAL   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of BARTHOLOMEW

BARTEL   m   Dutch
Dutch form of BARTHOLOMEW

BARTHÉLÉMY   m   French
French form of BARTHOLOMEW

BARTHOLOMÄUS   m   German
German form of BARTHOLOMEW

BARTHOLOMEUS   m   Dutch
Dutch form of BARTHOLOMEW

BARTHOLOMEW   m   English, Biblical
From Βαρθολομαιος (Bartholomaios), which was the Greek form of an Aramaic name meaning "son of תַלְמַי (Talmay)"... [more]

BARTŁOMIEJ   m   Polish
Polish form of BARTHOLOMEW

BARTOLOMÉ   m   Spanish
Spanish form of BARTHOLOMEW

BARTOLOMĚJ   m   Czech
Czech form of BARTHOLOMEW

BARTOLOMEJ   m   Slovak
Slovak form of BARTHOLOMEW

BARTOLOMEO   m   Italian
Italian form of BARTHOLOMEW

BARTOLOMEU   m   Portuguese, Galician
Portuguese and Galician form of BARTHOLOMEW

BARTOMEU   m   Catalan
Catalan form of BARTHOLOMEW

BARTOSZ   m   Polish
Polish form of BARTHOLOMEW

BARUCH   m   Biblical, Jewish
Means "blessed" in Hebrew... [more]

BAS   m   Dutch
Short form of SEBASTIAAN

BASAJAUN   m   Basque
Means "lord of the woods" from Basque baso "woods" and jaun "lord"... [more]

BASAK   f   Turkish
Means "wheat" in Turkish.

BASANT   m   Indian (Bengali)
Bengali form of VASANTA

BASEMATH   f   Biblical
Means "fragrance" in Hebrew... [more]

BASHE   f   Jewish
Pet form of BATYAH

BASHEMATH   f   Biblical (Variant)
Variant of BASEMATH

BASHKIM   m   Albanian
Means "unity" in Albanian.

BASIA (1)   f   Polish
Polish pet form of BARBARA

BASIA (2)   f   Jewish
Pet form of BATYAH

BASIL (1)   m   English
Derived from Greek βασιλευς (basileus) meaning "king"... [more]

BASIL (2)   m   Arabic
Means "brave, valiant" in Arabic.

BASILE   m   French
French form of BASIL (1)

BASILIO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of BASIL (1)

BASIM   m   Arabic
Means "smiling" in Arabic.

BASIMA   f   Arabic
Feminine form of BASIM

BASIR   m   Arabic
Means "wise" in Arabic.

BASIRA   f   Arabic
Feminine form of BASIR

BASIT   m   Arabic
Means "one who enlarges" in Arabic.

BASMA   f   Arabic
Means "smile" in Arabic.

BASMATH   f   Biblical
Variant of BASEMATH... [more]

BASSAM   m   Arabic
Means "smiling" in Arabic.

BASSEM   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of BASSAM

BAST   f   Egyptian Mythology
Variant of BASTET

BASTET   f   Egyptian Mythology
Possibly means "fire, heat" in Egyptian... [more]

BASTIAAN   m   Dutch
Short form of SEBASTIAAN

BASTIAN   m   German
Short form of SEBASTIAN

BASTIEN   m   French
Short form of SÉBASTIEN

BASU   m   Indian (Bengali)
Bengali form of VASU

BASYA   f   Jewish
Pet form of BATYAH

BATEL   f   Jewish
Means "daughter of God" in Hebrew.

BATHSHEBA   f   Biblical
Means "daughter of the oath" in Hebrew... [more]

BATTISTA   m   Italian
Italian form of BAPTISTE

BATUL   f   Arabic
Means "virgin" in Arabic. This is an Arabic epithet of the Virgin Mary.

BATYA   f   Jewish
Variant of BITHIAH

BATYAH   f   Jewish
Variant of BITHIAH

BAUDELIO   m   Spanish
From Baudelius, a Latinized form of a possibly Germanic name... [more]

BAUDOUIN   m   French
French form of BALDWIN

BAUTISTA   m   Spanish
Spanish form of BAPTISTE

BAXTER   m   English
From an occupational surname which meant "(female) baker" in Old English.

BAYARD   m   Literature
Derived from Old French baiart meaning "bay coloured"... [more]

BAYLEE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of BAILEY

BAZYLI   m   Polish
Polish form of BASIL (1)

BEA   f   English
Short form of BEATRIX

BEARACH   m   Irish
Derived from Gaelic biorach meaning "sharp"... [more]

BEÁTA   f   Hungarian
Hungarian form of BEATA

BEATA   f   Polish, German, Scandinavian
Derived from Latin beatus meaning "blessed"... [more]

BEATE   f   German
German form of BEATA

BEATHAG   f   Scottish
Feminine form of BEATHAN

BEATHAN   m   Scottish
Derived from Scottish Gaelic beatha meaning "life".

BÉATRICE   f   French
French form of BEATRIX

BEATRICE   f   Italian, English
Italian form of BEATRIX... [more]

BEATRISE   f   Latvian
Latvian form of BEATRIX

BEATRIU   f   Catalan
Catalan form of BEATRIX

BEATRIX   f   English, German
From Viatrix, a feminine form of the Late Latin name Viator which meant "voyager, traveller"... [more]

BEATRIZ   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of BEATRIX

BEATRYCZE   f   Polish
Polish form of BEATRIX

BEAU   m   English
Means "beautiful" in French.

BEAUMONT   m   English
From a French surname meaning "beautiful mountain".

BEAUREGARD   m   English
From a French surname meaning "beautiful outlook".

BEAVIS   m   Popular Culture
Variant of BEVIS... [more]

BÉBHINN   f   Irish
Variant of BÉIBHINN

BÉBHIONN   f   Irish
Variant of BÉIBHINN

BÉBINN   f   Irish
Variant of BÉIBHINN

BECCA   f   English
Short form of REBECCA

BECCI   f   English (Modern)
Pet form of REBECCA

BECKA   f   English
Short form of REBECCA

BECKAH   f   English
Short form of REBECCA

BECKY   f   English
Pet form of REBECCA

BEDE   m   History
Modern form of the Old English name Baeda, possibly related to Old English bed "prayer"... [more]

BEDELIA   f   Irish
Irish variant of BRIDGET

BEDISA   f   Georgian
Means "it's fate" in Georgian.

BEDIVERE   m   Welsh Mythology
Anglicized form of the Welsh name Bedwyr, which is of unknown meaning... [more]

BEDRICH   m   Czech
Czech form of FREDERICK

BEDROS   m   Armenian
Armenian form of PETER

BEDWYR   m   Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Welsh form of BEDIVERE

BEE   f   English
Short form of BEATRIX

BEELZEBUB   m   Biblical
From Hebrew בַעַל זְבוּב (Ba'al Zevuv) meaning "lord of flies", intended as a mocking alteration of באל זבל (Ba'al Zevul) "Ba'al the exalted", one of the Canaanite names for their god BA'AL... [more]

BEHAR   m   Albanian
Means "summer" in Albanian.

BEHNAM   m   Iranian
Means "reputable" in Persian.

BEHRAM   m   Iranian
Variant of BAHRAM

BEHRUZ   m   Iranian
Means "fortunate" (literally "good day") in Persian.

BÉIBHINN   f   Irish
Means "fair lady" in Irish Gaelic.

BEILEAG   f   Scottish
Pet form of ISEABAIL

BEITRIS   f   Scottish
Scottish form of BEATRICE

BEKKI   f   English (Modern)
Pet form of REBECCA

BÉLA   m   Hungarian
The meaning of this name is not known for certain... [more]

BELÉN   f   Spanish
Spanish form of Bethlehem, the name of the town in Judah where King David and Jesus were born... [more]

BELENUS   m   Celtic Mythology (Latinized)
Elaborated form of Bel, the name of a Brythonic solar god, which probably meant "bright, brilliant".

BELGIN   f   Turkish
Means "clear" in Turkish.

BELI   m   Welsh Mythology
Welsh cognate of Bel (see BELENUS).

BELIAL   m   Biblical, Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Means "worthless" in Hebrew... [more]

BELINDA   f   English
The meaning of this name is not known for certain... [more]

BELLA   f   English
Means "beautiful" in Italian... [more]

BELLATRIX   f   Astronomy
Means "female warrior" in Latin... [more]

BELLE   f   English
Means "beautiful" in French... [more]

BELLONA   f   Roman Mythology
Derived from Latin bellare meaning "to fight"... [more]

BELPHOEBE   f   Literature
Combination of belle "beautiful" and the name PHOEBE... [more]

BEN   m   English
This name can either be a short form of BENJAMIN or BENEDICT or else it can mean "son" in Hebrew... [more]

BENAIAH   m   Biblical
Means "YAHWEH has built" in Hebrew... [more]

BEÑAT   m   Basque
Basque form of BERNARD

BENCE   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of VINCENT... [more]

BENDIKS   m   Latvian
Latvian form of BENEDICT

BENDT   m   Danish
Danish form of BENEDICT

BENEDEK   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of BENEDICT

BENEDETTA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of BENEDICT

BENEDETTO   m   Italian
Italian form of BENEDICT

BENEDICT   m   English
From the Late Latin name Benedictus which meant "blessed"... [more]

BENEDICTA   f   Late Roman
Feminine form of Benedictus (see BENEDICT).

BÉNÉDICTE   f   French
French feminine form of BENEDICT

BENEDIKT   m   German, Russian
German and Russian form of BENEDICT

BENEDIKTA   f   German, Czech
German and Czech feminine form of BENEDICT

BENEDIKTE   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian feminine form of BENEDICT

BENEDITA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of BENEDICT

BENEDITO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of BENEDICT

BENEDYKT   m   Polish
Polish form of BENEDICT

BENEDYKTA   f   Polish
Polish feminine form of BENEDICT

BENESH   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of BENEDICT

BENGT   m   Swedish
Swedish form of BENEDICT

BENGTA   f   Swedish
Swedish feminine form of BENEDICT

BENIAMIN   m   Romanian
Romanian form of BENJAMIN

BENIAMINO   m   Italian
Italian form of BENJAMIN

BENIGNA   f   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Feminine form of BENIGNO

BENIGNO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of the Late Latin name Benignus which meant "kind, friendly" in Latin... [more]

BENITA   f   Spanish
Feminine form of BENITO

BENITO   m   Spanish, Italian
Spanish form of BENEDICT... [more]

BENJ   m   English
Short form of BENJAMIN

BENJAMIM   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of BENJAMIN

BENJÁMIN   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of BENJAMIN

BENJAMÍN   m   Spanish
Spanish form of BENJAMIN

BENJAMIN   m   English, French, German, Biblical
From the Hebrew name בִנְיָמִין (Binyamin) which means "son of the south" or "son of the right hand"... [more]

BENJAMINE   f   French
French feminine form of BENJAMIN

BENJI   m   English
Pet form of BENJAMIN

BENJY   m   English
Pet form of BENJAMIN

BENNETT   m   English
Medieval form of BENEDICT

BENNIE   m   English
Pet form of BENJAMIN or BENEDICT

BENNO   m   German
Short form of German names containing the element bern "bear".

BENNY   m   English
Pet form of BENJAMIN or BENEDICT

BENOIT   m   French
French form of BENEDICT

BENOITE   f   French
French feminine form of BENEDICT

BENSON   m   English
From a surname which originally meant "son of BENEDICT".

BENT   m   Danish
Danish form of BENEDICT

BENTE   f   Danish
Danish feminine form of BENEDICT

BENTLEY   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "clearing covered with bent grass" in Old English... [more]

BENTO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese short form of BENEDITO

BENTON   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "town near bent grass" in Old English.

BENVENUTO   m   Italian
Means "welcome" in Italian... [more]

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