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Besjana f AlbanianDerived from Besiana, one of the Albanian names of Podujevo, a city in north-eastern Kosovo. Allegedly, the name is ultimately derived from Albanian
besë "faith; belief; trust; oath; promise".
Besmir m AlbanianDerived from Albanian
besë "faith, trust" and
mirë "good".
Besorah f HebrewBesorah means news. Paired with Tova it means good news.
Besula f JewishThis is found in the Jewish catacombs of Rome as the name of a woman.
Betang m & f KenyangDerived from
bɛtaŋ meaning "power" in Kenyang.
Bétéide f Irish MythologyMeans "wanton lady" in Irish Gaelic, from
bé "woman" and
téide "wantonness" (see
Téide). In Irish legend she is a member of the Tuatha Dé Danann, daughter of the goddess
Flidais and sister of the witch-like Bé Chuille.
Betel f TamilBetel is a "type of plant from South and South East Asia."
Bethabara f Biblical, American (Rare)From the name of a biblical city. In the New Testament the city of Bethabara is where John the Baptist met Jesus, and proclaimed, "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world" (John 1:28-29).
Betheil m & f AssyrianAn Assyrian given name meaning “beta d alaha’ or “house of God” in English, it is an Aramaic form of the name
Bethel.
Bethesda f Hebrew (Rare)Means "house of mercy" or "house of grace", derived from Aramaic
בית (
beth) "house, home" and
חסדא (
hesda) "mercy, kindness; favour, clemency". The second element could also derive from an identical word meaning "shame, dishonour"... [
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Bethléem f French (Archaic)French form of
Bethlehem, which is the name of the birthplace of Jesus Christ. It appears that the given name Bethléem has always been very rare. I came across it in the Belgian civil registry (when I was doing genealogical research), where Bethléem was the name of an 18th-century French-speaking Belgian woman who was married, had 8 children between 1729-1748 and ultimately died in 1779.
Bethóc f Scottish Gaelic, Medieval ScottishDerived from Scottish Gaelic
beatha meaning "life", and therefore is related to the name
Beathag. Most known bearers of this name include Bethóc Ingen mac Maíl Coluim, daughter of Malcolm II, King of Alba, as well as Bethóc, Prioress of Iona, daughter of Somerled, Lord of Argyll.
Bethshalom m & f Hebrewbeth is the hebrew word for house, while shalom is the hebrew for peace. meaning house of peace.
Betigül f TurkishDerived from Turkish
beti "shape, figure, build" and
gül "rose". It is often interpreted to mean "as beautiful as a rose".
Betiqand f UzbekPossibly from the Uzbek
bet meaning "face, cheek" and
qand meaning "cube sugar".
Beto m PortugueseDiminutive of Alberto, Adalberto, Roberto and names ending with "-berto". People who use this form includes brazilian singer Roberto Pereira dos Santos, better known by his stage name Beto Jamaica and portuguese footballer António Alberto Bastos Pimparel, known as Beto.
Betsalel m Hebrew, BiblicalMeans "in the shadow" in Hebrew. In the bible, this is the name of a son of Uri who was one of the architects of the tabernacle, and the name of an Israelite.
Bettany f English (Rare)Transferred use of the surname
Bettany. This name is borne by English historian and writer Bettany Hughes (born 1968).
Bettisia f ItalianPossibly a diminutive of
Elisabetta, or a variant of
Bettina. Bettisia Gozzadini (1209–1261) was the first woman to teach at a university; specifically the University of Bologna.
Beuno m WelshProbably from Welsh
bu "cow" and
-no "knowing". The name of a 7th-century Welsh saint.
Bevel m LiteratureA word meaning “a slope from the horizontal or vertical in carpentry and stonework; a sloping surface or edge,” coming from the French for “to gape.” Flannery O'Connor used it for two characters in her 1955 short story "The River."
Beydaan f SomaliSomali feminine name taken directly from the ordinary vocabulary word for "almond", which is perhaps ultimately from Persian
بادام (
bâdâm) "almond".
Beyla f Norse MythologyFrom the reconstructed Proto-Norse name *
Baunila, possibly meaning "little bean" or "little swelling". In Norse mythology, Beyla is a servant of the god
Freyr with her husband
Bryggvir.
Beysen m KazakhMeans "born on Thursday", derived from Kazakh бейсенбі
(beysenbi) meaning "Thusday" (of Persian origin).
Beytullah m Turkish (?)Turkish. The name Beytullah is of Arabic origin and means "House of the God, Home of Allah, Qaba".
Beyzanur f TurkishTurkish name meaning "very white light", combination of
Beyza meaning "very white" and
Nur meaning "light".
Bezaleel m Hebrew (Anglicized), English (Puritan)Anglicized form of Hebrew
Betsalel, meaning "in the shadow." In the bible, this is the name of a son of Uri who was one of the architects of the tabernacle, and the name of an Israelite.
Bezalel m BiblicalHebrew, meaning "protected by God". It occurs in the Bible as the name of a celebrated skilled craftsman. As a result, the school of arts set up in Jerusalem in the 20th century was named Bezalel.
Bezmiâlem f Ottoman TurkishMeaning "feast of the World" in Ottoman Turkish (
bezm - "feast" and
âlem - "the World", taken from Persian language). ... [
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Bezmiara f Ottoman TurkishMeans "one who adorns the feast", from Ottoman Turkish بزم
(bezm) meaning "feast, assembly" (of Persian origin) and Persian آرا
(ara), the present stem of آراستن
(arastan) meaning "to decorate, adorn".
Bhadra f HinduismEtymology unknown. This is the name of a Hindu goddess of the hunt and hunting, companion of the goddess
Durga.