Behind the Name
Login   Register
Search
A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z  (Masculine)

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

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.

BAER   m   Limburgish
Short form of ALBAER and other Limburgish names ending in baer, often derived from the Germanic element beraht meaning "bright".

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

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

BAHIJ   m   Arabic
Masculine form of BAHIJA

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).

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

BAIRRE   m   Irish
Diminutive of FIONNBHARR or BARRFHIONN

BAKAR   m   Basque
Means "alone" in Basque.

BAKI   m   Arabic
Variant transcription 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

BALDARICH   m   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of BALDRIC

BALDASSARE   m   Italian
Italian form of BALTHAZAR

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

BALDEV   m   Indian
Modern transcription of BALADEVA

BALDO   m   Italian
Short form of BALDOVINO, TEOBALDO and other names containing the Germanic element bald "bold, brave".

BALDOMAR   m   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of BALDOMERO

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

BALDOVIN   m   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of BALDWIN

BALDOVINO   m   Italian
Italian form of BALDWIN

BALDR   m   Norse Mythology
Old Norse form of BALDER

BALDRIC   m   English (Archaic)
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, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements bald "bold, brave" and win "friend"... [more]

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

BALFOUR   m   English (Rare)
From a Scottish surname, originally from various place names, which meant "village pasture" in Gaelic.

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

BALTASAR (1)   m   Spanish
Spanish form of BALTAZAR

BALTASAR (2)   m   Biblical Greek
Form of BELSHAZZAR used in the Greek Old Testament.

BALTASSAR   m   Biblical Latin
Form of BELSHAZZAR used in the Latin Old Testament.

BALTAZAR   m   Judeo-Christian Legend
Variant of BALTHAZAR

BALTHASAR   m   Judeo-Christian Legend
Latin form of BALTHAZAR

BALTHAZAR   m   Judeo-Christian Legend
Variant of BELSHAZZAR... [more]

BAMBANG   m   Indonesian
Means "knight" in Javanese.

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

BANDI   m   Hungarian
Diminutive of ANDRÁS

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
German form of BAPTISTE... [more]

BAPTISTA   m   Late Roman
Latin 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]

BARACK   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of BARAK (2)

BARAK (1)   m   Biblical, Hebrew
Means "lightning" in Hebrew... [more]

BARAK (2)   m   Arabic
Meanings "blessing" in Arabic.

BARAKAT   m   Arabic
Means "blessings" in Arabic, a plural form of BARAK (2).

BARAZ   m   Iranian
Means "exalted" in Persian.

BARCLAY   m   Scottish, English (Rare)
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 Legend
Meaning unknown... [more]

BARNA   m   Hungarian
Hungarian short form of BARNABAS

BARNABÁS   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of BARNABAS

BARNABAS   m   German, English (Rare), Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Greek form of an Aramaic name... [more]

BARNABÉ   m   French
French form of BARNABAS

BARNABY   m   English (Archaic)
Medieval English form of BARNABAS

BARNEY   m   English
Diminutive of BARNABAS, BERNARD or BARNABY

BARRA   m   Irish
Irish form of BARRY

BARRET   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of BARRETT

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

BARRFHIONN   m   Irish
Means "fair hair", derived from Gaelic barr "head" and fionn "white, fair".

BARRFIND   m   Irish
Older form of BARRFHIONN

BARRIE   m   Irish, English
Variant of BARRY

BARRY   m   Irish, English
Anglicized form of BAIRRE... [more]

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

BARTAL   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of BARTHOLOMEW

BARTEL   m   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of BARTHOLOMEW

BARTHÉLÉMY   m   French
French form of BARTHOLOMEW

BARTHOLOMAIOS   m   Biblical Greek
New Testament Greek form of BARTHOLOMEW

BARTHOLOMÄUS   m   German
German form of BARTHOLOMEW

BARTHOLOMEI   m   Old Church Slavic
Old Slavic form of BARTHOLOMEW

BARTHOLOMEUS   m   Dutch, Biblical Latin
Dutch and Latin form of BARTHOLOMEW

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

BARTŁOMIEJ   m   Polish
Polish form of BARTHOLOMEW

BARTOL   m   Croatian
Croatian form of BARTHOLOMEW

BARTOLOMÉ   m   Spanish
Spanish form of BARTHOLOMEW

BARTOLOMĚJ   m   Czech
Czech form of BARTHOLOMEW

BARTOLOMEJ   m   Slovak, Croatian, Serbian
Slovak, Croatian and Serbian 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, Hebrew
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]

BASANT   m   Indian (Bengali)
Bengali form of VASANTA

BASHKIM   m   Albanian
Means "unity" in Albanian.

BASIL (1)   m   English
From the Greek name Βασιλειος (Basileios) which was derived from βασιλευς (basileus) meaning "king"... [more]

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

BASILE   m   French
French form of BASIL (1)

BASILEIOS   m   Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek form of BASIL (1)

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

BASILIUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of BASILEIOS

BASIM   m   Arabic
Means "smiling" in Arabic.

BASIR   m   Arabic
Means "wise" in Arabic.

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

BASSAM   m   Arabic
Means "smiling" in Arabic.

BASSEM   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of BASIM

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

BATTISTA   m   Italian
Italian form of BAPTISTE

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]

BAZYLI   m   Polish
Polish form of BASIL (1)

BEARACH   m   Irish
Variant of BERACH

BEAT   m   German (Swiss)
Swiss German form of BEATUS

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

BEATUS   m   Late Roman
Masculine form of BEATA... [more]

BEAU   m   English
Means "beautiful" in French... [more]

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

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

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

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

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

BEDŘICH   m   Czech
Czech form of FREDERICK

BEDROS   m   Armenian
Armenian form of PETER

BEDWYR   m   Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Welsh form of BEDIVERE

BEELZEBUB   m   Biblical
From Hebrew בַּעַל זְבוּב (Ba'al Zevuv) meaning "lord of flies", intended as a mocking alteration of בּאל 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.

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

BĚLA   m   Czech
Derived from Slavic meaning "white".

BELENOS   m   Celtic Mythology
Variant of BELENUS

BELENUS   m   Celtic Mythology
Probably from a Celtic word meaning "bright, brilliant"... [more]

BELI   m   Welsh Mythology
Probably a Welsh derivative of BELENUS... [more]

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

BEL-SARRA-USUR   m   Ancient Near Eastern
Akkadian form of BELSHAZZAR

BELSHATZZAR   m   Biblical Hebrew
Form of BELSHAZZAR found in the Hebrew Bible.

BELSHAZZAR   m   Ancient Near Eastern, Biblical
From בֵּלְשַׁאצַּר (Belshatzzar), the Hebrew form of the Akkadian name Bel-sarra-usur meaning "BA'AL protect the king"... [more]

BEN (1)   m   English, Dutch
Short form of BENJAMIN or BENEDICT... [more]

BEN (2)   m   Dutch
Short form of BERNHARD and other Germanic names beginning with the element bern meaning "bear".

BENAIAH   m   Biblical
From the Hebrew name בְּנָיָהוּ (Benayahu) meaning "YAHWEH has built"... [more]

BEÑAT   m   Basque
Basque form of BERNARD

BENAYAHU   m   Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of BENAIAH

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

BENEDETTO   m   Italian
Italian form of BENEDICT

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

BENEDICTUS   m   Late Roman, Dutch
Original form of BENEDICT as well as the modern Dutch form.

BENEDIKT   m   German, Russian
German and Russian form of BENEDICT

BENEDITO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of BENEDICT

BENEDYKT   m   Polish
Polish form of BENEDICT

BENESH   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of BENEDICT

BENGT   m   Swedish
Swedish form of BENEDICT

BENIAMIN   m   Romanian, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Romanian form of BENJAMIN, as well as the form used in the Greek and Latin Bibles.

BENIAMINO   m   Italian
Italian form of BENJAMIN

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

BENIGNUS   m   Late Roman
Late Latin form of BENIGNO

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, Czech, Slovak
Spanish, Czech and Slovak form of BENJAMIN

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

BENJI   m   English
Diminutive of BENJAMIN

BENJY   m   English
Diminutive of BENJAMIN

BENNETT   m   English
Medieval form of BENEDICT... [more]

BENNIE   m   English
Diminutive of BENJAMIN or BENEDICT

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

BENNY   m   English
Diminutive of BENJAMIN or BENEDICT

BENOIT   m   French
French form of BENEDICT

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

BENT (1)   m   Danish
Danish form of BENEDICT

BENT (2)   m   Frisian
Frisian variant of BEN (2)

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]

BEOWULF   m   Anglo-Saxon Mythology
Possibly means "bee wolf" (in effect equal to "bear") from Old English beo "bee" and wulf "wolf"... [more]

BEPPE   m   Italian
Diminutive of GIUSEPPE

BÈR   m   Limburgish
Variant of BAER

BER   m   Yiddish
Means "bear" in Yiddish.

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

BERAHTHRABAN   m   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of BERTRAM, using an extended form of the second element.

BERAHTHRAM   m   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of BERTRAM

BERHTOALD   m   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of BERTHOLD

BERINHARD   m   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of BERNARD

BERK   m   Turkish
Means "solid, firm, strong" in Turkish.

BERKANT   m   Turkish
Means "solid oath" in Turkish.

BERKER   m   Turkish
Means "solid man" in Turkish.

BERKO   m   Western African
Means "first born" in Akan.

BERNARD   m   English, French, Polish, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic element bern "bear" combined with hard "brave, hardy"... [more]

BERNARDINO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Diminutive of BERNARDO

BERNARDO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of BERNARD

BERNÁT   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of BERNARD

BERNAT   m   Catalan
Catalan form of BERNARD

BERND   m   German
Short form of BERNHARD

BERNHARD   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Ancient Germanic
German, Dutch and Scandinavian form of BERNARD

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

BERNT   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of BERNARD

BERNY   m & f   English
Variant of BERNIE

BERRY (1)   m   English
Variant of BARRY

BERT   m   English, Dutch
Short form of ALBERT and other names containing the element bert, often derived from the Germanic element beraht meaning "bright".

BERTALAN   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of BARTHOLOMEW

BERTHOLD   m   German (Archaic)
Means "bright ruler" from the Germanic element beraht "bright" combined with wald "rule".

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

BERTIL   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of BERTHOLD

BERTÓK   m   Hungarian
Hungarian diminutive of BERTALAN and other names beginning with Bert.

BERTOLDO   m   Italian
Italian form of BERTHOLD

BERTRAM   m   English, German, Ancient Germanic
Means "bright raven", derived from the Germanic element beraht "bright" combined with hramn "raven"... [more]

BERTRAND   m   French, English, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements beraht meaning "bright" and rand meaning "rim (of a shield)"... [more]

BERTRANDO   m   Italian
Italian form of BERTRAND

BERWYN   m   Welsh
Means "white head" from the Welsh elements barr "head" and wyn "white".

BESNIK   m   Albanian
Means "faithful" in Albanian.

BETELGEUSE   m   Astronomy
The name of the star that marks the right shoulder of the constellation Orion... [more]

BETHUEL   m   Biblical
Means "man of God" in Hebrew... [more]

BETTINO   m   Italian
Diminutive of BENEDETTO

BEVAN   m   Welsh
From a Welsh surname which was derived from ap Evan meaning "son of EVAN".

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

BEVIS   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname which is possibly derived from the name of the French town Beauvais.

Home Copyright © 1996-2009 Mike Campbell | Contact Information

Baby names - Search 20,000 baby name meanings.