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BHALTAIR   m   Scottish
Scottish form of WALTER

BHARAT   m   Indian
Modern transcription of BHARATA

BHARATA   m   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "being maintained" in Sanskrit... [more]

BHASKAR   m   Indian
Modern transcription of BHASKARA

BHASKARA   m   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "shining", derived from a combination of Sanskrit भास (bhasa) "light" and कर (kara) "making"... [more]

BHÀTAIR   m   Scottish
Scottish form of WALTER

BIAGGIO   m   Italian
Variant of BIAGIO

BIAGINO   m   Italian
Diminutive of BIAGIO

BIAGIO   m   Italian
Italian form of BLAISE

BIEITO   m   Galician
Galician form of BENEDICT

BIFF   m   English (Rare)
From a nickname which was based on the English word biff, which means "punch, hit, strike".

BIJAY   m   Indian (Bengali)
Bengali form of VIJAY

BIJOY   m   Indian (Bengali)
Bengali form of VIJAY

BIKENDI   m   Basque
Basque form of VINCENT

BILAL   m   Arabic
Means "wetting, moistening" in Arabic.

BILBO   m   Literature
This was the name of the hero of 'The Hobbit' (1937) by J... [more]

BILE   m   Irish Mythology
Possibly an Irish form of BELENUS, though it may derive from an Irish word meaning "hero"... [more]

BILL   m   English
Short form of WILLIAM... [more]

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

BILLY   m   English
Diminutive of BILL... [more]

BIMA   m   Indonesian
Means "brave" in Indonesian.

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

BINYAMIN   m   Hebrew, Arabic, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew and Arabic form of BENJAMIN

BION   m   Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek name derived from βιος (bios) meaning "life".

BIPIN   m   Indian (Bengali)
Bengali form of VIPIN

BIRGER   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Birgir, probably derived from bjarga meaning "to help, to save, to protect".

BIRGIR   m   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of BIRGER

BISHEN   m   Indian (Sikh)
Variant of VISHNU

BISHOP   m   English
Either from the English occupational surname, or else directly from the English word... [more]

BITTOR   m   Basque
Basque form of VICTOR

BJARKE   m   Danish
Danish diminutive of BJØRN

BJARNE   m   Scandinavian
Modern form of BJARNI

BJARNI   m   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse diminutive of BJÖRN and other names containing the element björn meaning "bear".

BJARTE   m   Norwegian
From the Old Norse byname Bjartr, which meant "bright".

BJARTR   m   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of BJARTE

BJARTUR   m   Icelandic
Icelandic form of Bjartr (see BJARTE).

BJOERN   m   Scandinavian
Variant of BJÖRN or BJØRN

BJÖRN   m   Swedish, German, Ancient Scandinavian
From an Old Norse byname meaning "bear".

BJØRN   m   Norwegian, Danish
Danish and Norwegian form of BJÖRN

BJÖRNE   m   Swedish
Diminutive of BJÖRN

BLAINE   m   English
From a Scottish surname which was derived from the given name Bláán, which meant "yellow" in Gaelic... [more]

BLAIR   m & f   Scottish, English
From a Scottish surname meaning "plain, battlefield" in Gaelic.

BLAISE   m   French
From the Roman name Blasius which meant "lisping" from Latin blaesus... [more]

BLAKE   m   English
From a surname which was derived from Old English blæc "black" or blāc "pale"... [more]

BLANDINUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen which was a derivative of BLANDUS

BLANDUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen which meant "charming" in Latin.

BLAS   m   Spanish
Spanish form of BLAISE

BLASIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Original Latin form of BLAISE

BLAŽ   m   Slovene
Slovene form of BLAISE

BLAZE   m   English (Modern)
Modern variant of BLAISE influenced by the English word blaze.

BŁAŻEJ   m   Polish
Polish form of BLAISE

BLAŽEJ   m   Czech
Czech form of BLAISE

BLEDDYN   m   Welsh
From Welsh blaidd "wolf" combined with a diminutive suffix.

BLYTHE   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which meant "cheerful" in Old English.

BO (1)   m   Swedish, Danish
From the Old Norse byname Búi which was derived from Old Norse bua meaning "to live".

BO (2)   m & f   Chinese
Means "wave" in Chinese.

BOAZ   m   Biblical, Hebrew
Means "swiftness" in Hebrew... [more]

BOB   m   English, Dutch
Short form of ROBERT... [more]

BOBBIE   f & m   English
Variant and feminine form of BOBBY

BOBBY   m   English
Diminutive of BOB... [more]

BOGDAN   m   Polish, Russian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Romanian
Means "given by God" from the Slavic elements bog "god" and dan "given".

BOGHOS   m   Armenian
Armenian form of PAUL

BOGOMIL   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of BOGUMIŁ

BOGOMIR   m   Slovene
Slovene form of BOHUMÍR

BOGUMIŁ   m   Polish
Means "favoured by God" from the Slavic elements bog "god" and mil "favour".

BOGUSLAV   m   Old Slavic
Possible medieval Slavic form of BOGUSŁAW

BOGUSŁAW   m   Polish
Means "glory of God" from the Slavic elements bog "god" and slav "glory"... [more]

BOHDAN   m   Czech, Ukrainian
Czech and Ukrainian form of BOGDAN

BOHUMIL   m   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of BOGUMIŁ

BOHUMÍR   m   Czech, Slovak
Derived from the Slavic elements bog "god" and mer "great, famous"... [more]

BOHUSLAV   m   Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian
Czech, Slovak and Ukrainian form of BOGUSŁAW

BOIPELO   m & f   Southern African
Means "proud" in Tswana.

BOITUMELO   f & m   Southern African
Means "joy" in Tswana.

BOJAN   m   Slovene, Macedonian, Serbian, Croatian
Derived from Slavic boi meaning "battle".

BOJIDAR   m   Bulgarian
Variant transcription of BOZHIDAR

BOLDIZSÁR   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of BALTHAZAR

BOLEK   m   Polish
Diminutive of BOLESŁAW

BOLESLAV   m   Russian, Czech, Slovak
Russian, Czech and Slovak form of BOLESŁAW

BOLESŁAW   m   Polish
Means "great glory" from the Slavic elements bole "large" and slav "glory"... [more]

BOLIVAR   m   Spanish
From a surname which was taken from the Basque place name Bolibar, which was derived from bolu "mill" and ibar "riverside"... [more]

BONAVENTURA   m   Italian
Means "good fortune" in Italian... [more]

BONAVENTURE   m   History
Variant of BONAVENTURA

BONGANI   m   Southern African
Means "be grateful" in Zulu.

BONIFAAS   m   Dutch
Dutch form of Bonifatius (see BONIFACE).

BONIFÁC   m   Czech
Czech form of Bonifatius (see BONIFACE).

BONIFACE   m   French, English (Rare)
From the Late Latin name Bonifatius, which meant "good fate" from bonum "good" and fatum "fate"... [more]

BONIFACIO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Bonifatius (see BONIFACE).

BONIFACY   m   Polish
Polish form of Bonifatius (see BONIFACE).

BONIFATIUS   m   Late Roman
Latin form of BONIFACE

BONIFAZ   m   German
German form of Bonifatius (see BONIFACE).

BOOKER   m   English
From an English occupational surname meaning "maker of books"... [more]

BORA (1)   m   Turkish
Means "hurricane" in Turkish.

BORIS   m   Bulgarian, Russian, Slovene, German, History
From the Turkic name Bogoris, perhaps meaning "short" or "wolf"... [more]

BORISLAV   m   Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian
Means "fame in battle" from the Slavic element bor "battle" combined with slav "glory".

BORISU   m   Old Slavic
Medieval Slavic form of BORIS, probably ultimately of Turkic origin.

BÖRJE   m   Swedish
Variant of BIRGER

BORUT   m   Slovene
Diminutive of BORIS

BORYA   m   Russian
Diminutive of BORIS

BORYS   m   Polish, Ukrainian
Polish and Ukrainian form of BORIS

BOSEDE   m   Western African
Means "born on Sunday" in Yoruba.

BOSSE   m   Swedish
Swedish diminutive of BO (1)

BOŠTJAN   m   Slovene
Short form of SEBASTJAN

BOTROS   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of BUTRUS

BOUDEWIJN   m   Dutch
Dutch form of BALDWIN

BOULOS   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of BULUS

BOUTROS   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of BUTRUS

BOYCE   m   English
From a surname which was derived from Old French bois "wood".

BOYD   m   Scottish
From a surname which was derived either from Gaelic buidhe "blond" or else from the name of the island of Bute.

BOYKO   m   Bulgarian
Derived from Bulgarian boya se "to be afraid of" or boy "battle".

BOŽA   m   Serbian
Diminutive of BOŽIDAR

BOZHIDAR   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of BOŽIDAR

BOŽIDAR   m   Serbian, Czech, Slovene
Means "divine gift" from the Slavic elements bozy "divine" and dar "gift".

BOŻYDAR   m   Polish
Polish cognate of BOŽIDAR

BRAD   m   English
Short form of BRADLEY, BRADFORD, and other names beginning with Brad.

BRADEN   m   English, Irish
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Bradáin meaning "descendent of Bradan"... [more]

BRADFORD   m   English
From a surname which originally came from a place name that meant "broad ford" in Old English.

BRADLEY   m   English
From a surname which originally came from a place name that meant "broad clearing" in Old English... [more]

BRADY   m   English, Irish
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Brádaigh meaning "descendent of Brádach"... [more]

BRAEDEN   m   English (Modern)
Variant of BRADEN

BRAHMA   m   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "prayer" in Sanskrit... [more]

BRAIDEN   m   English (Modern)
Variant of BRADEN

BRAIDY   m & f   English (Rare)
Variant of BRADY

BRAIS   m   Galician
Galician form of BLAISE

BRAITH   f & m   Welsh
Means "speckled" in Welsh.

BRAM   m   English, Dutch
Short form of ABRAHAM... [more]

BRAN (1)   m   Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "raven" in Irish... [more]

BRAN (2)   m   Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Means "raven" in Welsh... [more]

BRAND   m   English (Rare)
From a surname, a variant of BRANT.

BRANDEN   m   English
Variant of BRANDON

BRANDON   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "hill covered with broom" in Old English... [more]

BRANDR   m   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse byname meaning "sword".

BRANDT   m   English
From a surname, a variant of BRANT.

BRANIMIR   m   Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Slovene
Derived from the Slavic element bron "protection" combined with mer "great, famous"... [more]

BRANISLAV   m   Serbian, Slovak, Czech, Slovene
Serbian, Slovak, Czech and Slovene form of BRONISŁAW

BRANKO   m   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Slovak
Diminutive of BRANISLAV or BRANIMIR

BRANNON   m   English
From the Irish surname Mac Branain, which means "descendent of BRAN (1)".

BRANSON   m   English (Modern)
From an English surname which meant "son of Brando"... [more]

BRANT   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the Old Norse name Brandr meaning "sword".

BRAS   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of BLAISE

BRATISLAV   m   Serbian
Derived from the Slavic elements bratu "brother" and slav "glory".

BRATUMIŁ   m   Polish
Derived from the Slavic elements bratu "brother" and mil "favour".

BRAXTON   m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from an Old English place name meaning "Bracca's town".

BRAYDEN   m   English (Modern)
Variant of BRADEN

BRÉANAINN   m   Ancient Irish
Old Irish form of BRENDAN

BREANDÁN   m   Irish
Irish Gaelic form of BRENDAN

BRECHT   m   Dutch
Short form of names containing brecht, often derived from the Germanic element beraht meaning "bright".

BREIXO   m   Galician
Galician form of VERÍSSIMO

BRENDAN   m   Irish, English
From Brendanus, the Latinized form of the Irish name Bréanainn which was derived from a Welsh word meaning "prince"... [more]

BRENDANUS   m   Irish (Latinized)
Latinized form of Bréanainn (see BRENDAN).

BRENDEN   m   English
Variant of BRENDAN

BRENDON   m   English
Variant of BRENDAN

BRENNAN   m   Irish, English
From an Irish surname derived from Ó Braonáin meaning "descendent of Braonán"... [more]

BRENNUS   m   Ancient Celtic (Latinized)
Latinized form of a Celtic name (or title) that possibly meant either "king, prince" or "raven"... [more]

BRENO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of BRENNUS

BRENT   m   English
From an English surname, originally taken from various place names, derived from a Celtic word meaning "hill".

BRENTON   m   English
From a surname which was derived from an English place name which meant "Bryni's town"... [more]

BRET   m   English
Variant of BRETT

BRETT   m & f   English
From a Middle English surname meaning "a Breton", referring to an inhabitant of Brittany.

BRIAN   m   Irish, English, Ancient Irish
The meaning of this name is not known for certain but it is possibly related to the old Celtic element bre meaning "hill", or by extension "high, noble"... [more]

BRIAR   m & f   English (Rare)
From the English word for the thorny plant.

BRICE   m   French, English
From the name Bricius, which was probably a Latinized form of a Gaulish name meaning "speckled"... [more]

BRICIUS   m   Ancient Celtic (Latinized)
Latin form of BRICE, probably ultimately of Gaulish origin.

BRIDGER   m   English (Modern)
From an English surname which originally indicated a person who lived near or worked on a bridge.

BRIGHAM   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally derived from place names meaning "bridge settlement" in Old English.

BRIJESH   m   Indian
Modern transcription of BRIJESHA

BRIJESHA   m   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "ruler of Brij" in Sanskrit... [more]

BRIN   m   ?
Variant of BRYN

BRION   m   English
Variant of BRIAN

BRISCOE   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "birch wood" in Old Norse.

BRISTOL   m   English (Rare)
From the name of the city in southwest England which means "the site of the bridge".

BRITTON   m   English
Derived from a Middle English surname meaning "a Breton".

BROCK   m   English
From a surname which was derived from Old English brocc meaning "badger".

BRODIE   m   Irish, English (Modern)
Variant of BRODY

BRODY   m   Irish, English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "ditch" in Gaelic.

BROGAN   m & f   Irish
Derived from Gaelic bróg "shoe" combined with a diminutive suffix... [more]

BRONIMIR   m   Old Slavic
Possible medieval Slavic form of BRANIMIR

BRONISLAV   m   Czech, Slovak, Russian
Czech, Slovak and Russian form of BRONISŁAW

BRONISŁAW   m   Polish
Derived from the Slavic elements bron "protection" and slav "glory"... [more]

BRONISLOVAS   m   Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of BRONISŁAW

BRONIUS   m   Lithuanian
Short form of BRONISLOVAS

BRONTE   m   English (Rare)
From a surname, an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Proinntigh meaning "descendent of Proinnteach"... [more]

BROOK   m & f   English
From an English surname which denoted one who lived near a brook.

BROOKS   m   English
From an English surname, a variant of BROOK.

BRUCE   m   Scottish, English
From a Scottish surname, of Norman origin, which probably originally referred to the town of Brix in France... [more]

BRUNO   m   German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Derived from the Germanic element brun meaning "brown"... [more]

BRUTUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen meaning "heavy" in Latin... [more]

BRYAN   m   English
Variant of BRIAN

BRYANT   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the given name BRIAN.

BRYCE   m   English
Variant of BRICE

BRYN   m   Welsh
Means "hill, mound" in Welsh.

BRYNJAR   m   Norwegian, Icelandic
Derived from Old Norse brynja "armour" and arr "warrior".

BRYNJARR   m   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of BRYNJAR

BRYNMOR   m   Welsh
From a Welsh place name meaning "great hill".

BRYON   m   English
Variant of BRIAN

BRYSON   m   English
From an English surname meaning "son of BRICE".

BUANA   m   Indonesian
Means "the world" in Indonesian.

BUCK   m   English
From an English nickname meaning simply "buck, male deer", ultimately from Old English bucc.

BUD   m   English
Short form of BUDDY

BUDDHA   m   Indian
Means "enlightened" in Sanskrit... [more]

BUDDY   m   English
From the English word meaning "friend"... [more]

BUDI   m   Indonesian
Means "wise, sharp" in Indonesian and Javanese.

BUENAVENTURA   m   Spanish
Spanish form of BONAVENTURA.

BÚI   m   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of BO (1)

BULUS   m   Arabic
Arabic form of PAUL

BULUT   m   Turkish
Means "cloud" in Turkish.

BÜNYAMIN   m   Turkish
Turkish form of BENJAMIN

BURAK   m   Turkish
From Arabic براق (Buraq), the name of the legendary creature that, according to Islamic tradition, transported the Prophet Muhammad... [more]

BURKE   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from Old English burh meaning "fortress".

BURKHARD   m   German
Derived from the Germanic elements burg meaning "protection" and hard "brave, hardy"... [more]

BURT   m   English
Short form of BURTON

BURTON   m   English
From a surname which was originally taken from an Old English place name meaning "fortified town"... [more]

BUSTER   m   English
Originally a nickname denoting a person who broke things, from the word bust... [more]

BUTRUS   m   Arabic
Arabic form of PETER

BUZ   m   Biblical
Means "contempt" in Hebrew... [more]

BYELOBOG   m   Slavic Mythology
Means "the white god" from Slavic byelo "white" and bog "god"... [more]

BYRNE   m   English (Rare)
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Broin meaning "descendent of BRAN (1)".

BYRON   m   English
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "place of the cow sheds" in Old English... [more]

BYSSHE   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname, a variant of the surname Bush, which originally indicated a person who lived near a bush... [more]

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