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

BABETTE   f   French
French diminutive of ELIZABETH

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

BABS   f   English
Diminutive of BARBARA

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

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

BAHIGA   f   Arabic
Variant transcription of BAHIJA

BAHIJA   f   Arabic
Means "happy" in Arabic.

BAHIYYA   f   Arabic
Means "beautiful" in Arabic.

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

BAKARNE   f   Basque
Feminine form of BAKAR

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

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

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

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).

BARABAL   f   Scottish
Scottish form of BARBARA

BARB   f   English
Short form of BARBARA

BÁRBARA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of BARBARA

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

BARBIE   f   English
Diminutive of BARBARA

BARBORA   f   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of BARBARA

BARBRA   f   English
Variant of BARBARA

BARBRO   f   Swedish
Swedish form of BARBARA

BASAK   f   Turkish
Means "wheat" in Turkish.

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

BASEMMATH   f   Biblical Greek
Form of BASEMATH and BASMATH used in the Greek Old Testament.

BASHE   f   Hebrew
Diminutive of BATYAH

BASHEMATH   f   Biblical (Variant)
Variant of BASEMATH

BASIA (1)   f   Polish
Polish diminutive of BARBARA

BASIA (2)   f   Hebrew
Diminutive of BATYAH

BASIMA   f   Arabic
Feminine form of BASIM

BASIRA   f   Arabic
Feminine form of BASIR

BASMA   f   Arabic
Means "smile" in Arabic.

BASMAT   f   Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of BASEMATH and BASMATH

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

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

BASTET   f   Egyptian Mythology
Variant of BAST... [more]

BASYA   f   Hebrew
Diminutive of BATYAH

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

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

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

BATYA   f   Hebrew
Hebrew variant of BITHIAH

BATYAH   f   Hebrew
Hebrew variant of BITHIAH

BAYLEE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of BAILEY

BEA   f   English
Short form of BEATRIX

BEÁTA   f   Hungarian, Czech, Slovak
Hungarian, Czech and Slovak form of BEATA

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

BEATE   f   German
German form of BEATA

BEATHAG   f   Scottish
Feminine form of BEATHAN

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, Dutch, Late Roman
Probably 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

BÉBHINN   f   Irish
Variant of BÉBINN

BÉBHIONN   f   Irish
Variant of BÉBINN

BÉBINN   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "fair lady" in Irish Gaelic... [more]

BECCA   f   English
Short form of REBECCA

BECCI   f   English (Modern)
Diminutive of REBECCA

BECKA   f   English
Short form of REBECCA

BECKAH   f   English
Short form of REBECCA

BECKY   f   English
Diminutive of REBECCA

BEDELIA   f   Irish
Irish diminutive of BRIDGET

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

BEE   f   English
Short form of BEATRIX

BÉIBHINN   f   Irish
Variant of BÉBINN

BEILEAG   f   Scottish
Diminutive of ISEABAIL

BEITRIS   f   Scottish
Scottish form of BEATRICE

BEKKI   f   English (Modern)
Diminutive of REBECCA

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

BELGİN   f   Turkish
Means "clear" in Turkish.

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

BELLA   f   English
Short form of ISABELLA and other names ending in bella... [more]

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

BELLE   f   English
Short form of ISABELLA or names ending in belle... [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]

BENEDETTA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of BENEDICT

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

BÉNÉDICTE   f   French
French feminine 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

BENEDYKTA   f   Polish
Polish feminine form of BENEDICT

BENGTA   f   Swedish
Swedish feminine form of BENEDICT

BENIGNA   f   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Late Roman
Feminine form of BENIGNO

BENITA   f   Spanish
Feminine form of BENITO

BENJAMINE   f   French
French feminine form of BENJAMIN

BENOITE   f   French
French feminine form of BENEDICT

BENTE   f   Danish
Danish feminine form of BENEDICT

BERACHA   f   Hebrew
Variant transcription of BRACHA

BERENICE   f   English, Italian, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Ancient Macedonian form of the Greek name Φερενικη (Pherenike), which meant "bringing victory" from φερω (phero) "to bring" and νικη (nike) "victory"... [more]

BERENIKE   f   Ancient Greek
Ancient Macedonian form of BERENICE

BEREZI   f   Basque
Means "special" in Basque.

BERGLIOT   f   Norwegian
Variant of BERGLJOT

BERGLJÓT   f   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of BERGLJOT

BERGLJOT   f   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Bergljót, which was composed of the elements berg "help, save" and ljótr "light".

BERHTA   f   Ancient Germanic
Older form of BERTHA

BERIT   f   Scandinavian
Variant of BIRGIT

BERJOUHI   f   Armenian
Means "elegant lady" in Armenian.

BERLIN   f   Various
From the name of the city in Germany, which is of uncertain meaning.

BERNA   f   Turkish
Means "young" in Turkish.

BERNADETT   f   Hungarian
Hungarian form of BERNADETTE

BERNADETTE   f   French, English
French feminine form of BERNARD... [more]

BERNADINE   f   English
Feminine form of BERNARD

BERNARDETTA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of BERNARD

BERNARDINE   f   French
French feminine form of BERNARD

BERNARDITA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of BERNARD

BERNETTA   f   English
Diminutive of BERENICE

BERNICE   f   English, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Contracted form of BERENICE... [more]

BERNIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of BERNARD, BERNADETTE, and other names beginning with Bern.

BERNIECE   f   English
Variant of BERNICE

BERNIKE   f   Biblical Greek
Greek form of BERNICE

BERRY (2)   f   English (Rare)
From the English word referring to the small fruit... [more]

BERTA   f   Polish, Czech, Hungarian, German, Spanish, Italian, Slovene
Form of BERTHA

BERTHA   f   German, English, Ancient Germanic
Originally a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element beraht meaning "bright, famous"... [more]

BERTHE   f   French
French form of BERTHA

BERTIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of ALBERT, HERBERT, and other names containing bert (often derived from the Germanic element beraht meaning "bright").

BERTINA   f   English
Feminine form of BERT

BERYL   f   English
From the English word for the clear or pale green precious stone, ultimately deriving from Sanskrit... [more]

BESS   f   English
Diminutive of ELIZABETH

BESSIE   f   English
Diminutive of ELIZABETH

BETH   f   English
Short form of ELIZABETH, or sometimes BETHANY.

BETHAN   f   Welsh
Welsh diminutive of ELIZABETH

BETHANIA   f   Spanish, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Form of BETHANY used in the Greek and Latin New Testament.

BETHANIE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of BETHANY

BETHANY   f   English, Biblical
From the name of a biblical town, possibly derived from Hebrew בֵּית־תְּאֵנָה (beit-te'enah) meaning "house of figs"... [more]

BETHARI   f   Indonesian
Means "goddess" in Javanese.

BETHEL   f   Biblical
From an Old Testament place name meaning "house of God" in Hebrew... [more]

BETHNEY   f   English (Rare)
Variant of BETHANY

BETONY   f   English (Rare)
From the name of the minty medicinal herb.

BETRYS   f   Welsh
Welsh form of BEATRICE

BETSY   f   English
Diminutive of ELIZABETH

BETTE   f   English
Diminutive of ELIZABETH

BETTIE   f   English
Diminutive of ELIZABETH

BETTINA (1)   f   German
Diminutive of ELISABETH

BETTINA (2)   f   Italian
Diminutive of BENEDETTA

BETTY   f   English
Diminutive of ELIZABETH

BETTYE   f   English
Variant of BETTY

BEULAH   f   Biblical, English
Means "married" in Hebrew... [more]

BEV   f   English
Short form of BEVERLY

BEVERLEY   f   English
Variant of BEVERLY

BEVERLY   f & m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "beaver stream" in Old English... [more]

BEVIN   f   Irish
Anglicized form of BÉBINN

BEYLKE   f   Yiddish
Diminutive of BAILA

BIA   f   Portuguese
Diminutive of BEATRIZ

BIANCA   f   Italian, Romanian
Italian cognate of BLANCHE... [more]

BIANKA   f   Hungarian
Hungarian form of BIANCA

BIBIANA   f   Italian, Spanish, Late Roman
Possibly an early variant of VIVIANA... [more]

BIBIGUL   f   Kazakh
Means "nightingale" in Kazakh.

BICE   f   Italian
Short form of BEATRICE

BICH   f   Vietnamese
Means "jade" in Vietnamese.

BIDANE   f   Basque
Means "way" in Basque.

BIDDY   f   Irish, English
Diminutive of BRIDGET

BIDELIA   f   Irish
Diminutive of BRIDGET

BIENVENIDA   f   Spanish
Derived from Spanish bienvenido meaning "welcome".

BIHOTZ   f   Basque
Means "heart" in Basque.

BIJOU   f   Various
Means "jewel" in French.

BİLGE   f   Turkish
Means "wise" in Turkish.

BILHAH   f   Biblical
Means "bashful" in Hebrew... [more]

BILJANA   f   Serbian, Macedonian
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from a south Slavic word meaning "herb".

BILLIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of BILL... [more]

BILYANA   f   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of BILJANA

BINDY   f   English
Diminutive of BELINDA

BINE   f   Danish
Short form of JACOBINE

BINH   m & f   Vietnamese
Means "peace" in Vietnamese.

BIRGIT   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian variant of BIRGITTA

BIRGITTA   f   Scandinavian, Finnish
Most likely a Scandinavian form of BRIDGET via the Latinized form Brigitta... [more]

BIRGITTE   f   Danish
Danish form of BIRGITTA

BIRTE   f   Danish
Danish diminutive of BIRGITTA

BIRTHE   f   Danish
Danish diminutive of BIRGITTA

BISERA   f   Bulgarian, Macedonian
Derived from the south Slavic word бисер (biser) "pearl".

BITHIAH   f   Biblical
Means "daughter of YAHWEH" in Hebrew... [more]

BITYAH   f   Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of BITHIAH

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