BaldegardfGermanic The first element of this name is derived from Old High German bald "bold, brave." The second element is derived from gardan "to hedge in, to enclose, to fence in" or from Gothic gards "house, garden, (court)yard."
BaldegildfGermanic Derived from Old High German bald "bold, brave" combined with Gothic gild "sacrifice."
BalganymfKazakh Derived from Kazakh бал (bal) meaning "honey" and ханым (khanym) meaning "lady, madame".
BalgarmafTibetan From the Tibetan དཔལ་ (dpal) meaning "glory, fortune, luck", དཀར (dkar) meaning "white", "bright, light" or "pure" and མ (ma) meaning "mother".
Balgeumf & mKorean (Modern, Rare) From the verbal noun of adjective 밝다 (bakda) meaning "bright, brilliant; light, clear; acute, learned; cheerful, happy" (compare Balgeun).
Balgeunf & mKorean (Modern, Rare) From the present determiner form of of adjective 밝다 (bakda) meaning "bright, brilliant; light, clear; acute, learned; cheerful, happy" (compare Balgeum).
Balikm & fBalinese Means "turn, return, again" in Balinese. This name is traditionally added to the end of first, second, third, and fourth-born names (for example, Wayan Balik would be the name given to a fifth-born child, followed by Made Balik, Nyoman Balik, and Ketut Balik for the sixth, seventh, and eighth-born child, respectively).
BalinmArthurian Cycle, Literature The name was used in Arthurian legend by Sir Thomas Malory as the name of one of King Arthur's valiant knights. ... [more]
BalinmHinduism Balin is the name of a monkey king in the Hindu epic, "The Ramayama".
BalinormPopular Culture (Rare), Arthurian Cycle The name Balinor has no known meaning. However, it was once used in the television series 'Merlin' (2008–2012) where the character Balinor was the father of Merlin and a former Dragonlord... [more]
BalladynafPolish (Rare), Theatre Used by the Polish writer Juliusz Słowacki for the heroine of his tragic play Balladyna (1834), about a fictional Slavic queen who is corrupted by her rise to power. Słowacki based the name on the Polish word ballada meaning "ballad".
BaloomPopular Culture Baloo is a main fictional character featured in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book from 1894 and The Second Jungle Book from 1895.
BalsamiafItalian Derived from Greek βάλσαμον (balsamon), originally from Hebrew basam, "spice; scent, perfume" and ultimately coming to mean "balm, balsam, ointment", folk etymology likes to interpret this name as "she who soothes; she who comforts; she who revitalizes"... [more]
BaltomPopular Culture Meaning is unknown. It is possibly related to Baldo, which means "bold, brave", or Valto, which means "to rule with greatness"... [more]
BalzermRomansh, Danish (Archaic) Romansh regular and Danish vernacular form of Balthasar. It was borne by Danish politician Balzer Jacobsen, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands from 1655 to 1661.
BalzhanfKazakh From Kazakh бал (bal) meaning "honey" and жан (zhan) meaning "soul".
Balzhinf & mBuryat, Mongolian Means "chamomile, mayweed (flower)" in Buryat and Mongolian.
BalzhinimamBuryat Means "sun of happiness" or "sun of prosperity" in Buryat, from Tibetan བདེ་བ (bde ba) "happiness, bliss, joy" and ཉི་མ (nyi ma) "sun, day".
BammPopular Culture, English (Modern, Rare) Possibly a diminutive for any name starting with the letter B. Also an onomatopoeia word suggesting the sound of a "loud thud". ... [more]
Bamam & fAmerican Diminutive of Alabama, the names of American states being in occasional use as given names. A notable bearer is professional baseball player CarvelWilliam "Bama" Rowell (1916-1993) who played in Boston and Philadelphia, but hailed from Alabama... [more]
BanastremEnglish (Archaic) Transferred use of the surname Banastre. This was borne by the British officer and politician Banastre Tarleton (1754-1833), known for fighting in the American War of Independence.
BanazfKurdish Borne by Banaz Mahmoud (1985-2006), a British-Iraqi woman of Kurdish origin who was murdered in an honour killing at the age of 20 by her family, who were arrested and sentenced. Banaz is also the name of a region in Turkey.
Banchongm & fThai Means "elaborate, delicate" in Thai.
BanchopmThai Means "join, meet, come together" in Thai.
BancomTheatre Italian form of Banquo used in the opera 'Macbeth' premiered in 1847 by Giuseppe Verdi and Francesco Maria Piave. This name is only used for this opera as banco coincides with the Italian meaning "bench; desk; bank".
Banditf & mEnglish (American, Rare), Popular Culture (Rare) From the English word, ultimately from the late Latin bannire "to proclaim". Used by My Chemical Romance vocalist Gerard Way and Mindless Self Indulgence bassist Lyn-Z for their daughter.... [more]
BanditmThai Means "scholar, wise man, sage" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit पण्डित (pandita).
BandithmLao Means "intelligent, learned, philosopher, sage" in Lao.
BanemEast Frisian (Archaic) Short form of names that contain the element bann meaning "ban" or else a short form of names containing the element barn / bern "bear".... [more]
BanguolėfLithuanian Literally means "little wave", derived from the Lithuanian noun banga meaning "wave, billow" combined with the feminine diminutive suffix -(u)olė. As such, one could consider this name to be a diminutive of the name Banga.
BanguolismLithuanian (Rare) Literally means "little wave", derived from the Lithuanian noun banga meaning "wave, billow" combined with the masculine diminutive suffix -(u)olis. As such, one could consider this name to be a diminutive of the name Bangas.
Bang-wonmKorean, History Meaning unknown. This was the personal name of Taejong (1367-1422), third king of Joseon.
BanirafJapanese From Japanese 母 (ba) meaning "mother", 似 (ni) meaning "becoming" combined with 蘭 (ra) meaning "orchid". Other kanji combinations are possible.... [more]
BanitufAncient Assyrian Of unknown etymology. Possibly derived from either Akkadian banītu meaning "beautiful", or bānītu (also Akkadian), meaning "divine Creatress". Banitu was a queen of the Neo Assyrian empire circa 729 BCE.