Browse Names

Balbina f Spanish, Portuguese (Rare), Polish (Rare), Italian (Rare), Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Balbinus. Saint Balbina was a 2nd-century Roman woman martyred with her father Quirinus.

Balbino m Spanish, Portuguese (Rare), Italian (Rare)
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Balbinus.

Baldo m Italian, Spanish, Germanic
Originally a short form of names containing the Old German element bald meaning "bold, brave" (Proto-Germanic *balþaz), such as Baldwin and Theobald. In Italian it can also be short for the non-Germanic name Baldassare.

Baldomero m Spanish
Derived from the Old German elements bald "bold, brave" and mari "famous".

Balduíno m Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese form of Baldwin.

Balduino m Spanish (Rare)
Spanish form of Baldwin.

Baltasar m Spanish, Biblical Greek
Spanish form of Balthazar. This is also the form (of Belshazzar) used in the Greek Old Testament.

Bárbara f Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish form of Barbara.

Bartolomé m Spanish
Spanish form of Bartholomew.

Bartolomeu m Portuguese, Galician
Portuguese and Galician form of Bartholomew. A notable bearer was the Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias (1450-1500).

Basilia f Spanish
Feminine form of Basil 1. This name was borne by an obscure early saint from Galicia.

Basilio m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Basil 1.

Baudilio m Spanish
From Baudilius, a Latinized form of a possibly Frankish name formed of the element bald "bold, brave". Saint Baudilius (or Baudilus) was a 3rd or 4th-century saint who was martyred at Nîmes in France.

Bautista m Spanish
Spanish form of Baptiste.

Beatriz f Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Beatrix.

Begoña f Spanish, Basque
From a title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de Begoña, meaning "Our Lady of Begoña", the patron saint of Biscay, Spain. Begoña is a district and basilica in the city of Bilbao.

Belén f Spanish
Spanish form of Bethlehem, the name of the town in Judah where King David and Jesus were born. The town's name is from Hebrew בֵּית־לֶחֶם (Beṯ-leḥem) meaning "house of bread".

Belinha f Portuguese
Portuguese diminutive of Isabel.

Benedicta f Late Roman, Spanish
Feminine form of Benedictus (see Benedict).

Benedicto m Spanish
Spanish form of Benedictus (see Benedict).

Benedita f Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of Benedict.

Benedito m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Benedictus (see Benedict).

Benício m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese form of Benicio.

Benicio m Spanish
From the surname of the 13th-century Italian saint Philip Benitius (Filippo Benizi in Italian; Felipe Benicio in Spanish). A notable bearer of the given name is the Puerto Rican actor Benicio del Toro (1967-).

Benigna f Spanish, Italian (Rare), Portuguese (Rare), Late Roman
Feminine form of Benigno.

Benigno m Spanish, Italian, Portuguese (Rare)
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of the Late Latin name Benignus, which meant "kind, friendly". This was the name of several saints including a 5th-century disciple of Saint Patrick who later became the archbishop of Armagh.

Benita f Spanish
Feminine form of Benito.

Benito m Spanish, Italian
Spanish contracted form of Benedicto. This name was borne by Mexican president Benito Juárez (1806-1872). Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), the fascist dictator of Italy during World War II, was named after Juárez.

Benjamim m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Benjamin.

Benjamín m Spanish, Czech, Slovak, Icelandic
Spanish, Czech, Slovak and Icelandic form of Benjamin.

Bento m Portuguese
Portuguese short form of Benedito.

Bermudo m Spanish (Archaic)
Spanish form of Veremund.

Bernabé m Spanish
Spanish form of Barnabas.

Bernarda f Slovene, Croatian, Spanish
Feminine form of Bernard.

Bernardina f Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish feminine form of Bernardino.

Bernardino m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Diminutive of Bernardo. Saint Bernardino of Siena was a 15th-century Italian priest and preacher.

Bernardita f Spanish
Spanish feminine form of Bernard.

Bernardo m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Bernard.

Berta f Polish, Czech, Hungarian, German, Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Slovene
Form of Bertha in several languages.

Berto m Italian, Spanish
Short form of Roberto, Alberto and other names containing berto (often derived from the Old German element beraht meaning "bright").

Betânia f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese form of Bethany.

Betania f Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish form of Bethany.

Bethânia f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Portuguese variant form of Bethany.

Bethania f Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish variant form of Bethany.

Bia f Portuguese
Diminutive of Beatriz.

Bibiana f Spanish, Italian, Late Roman
Possibly an early variant of Viviana. Alternatively, it may be a feminine derivative of the earlier Roman cognomen Vibianus.

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

Bira m Tupi
Short form of Ubirajara.

Blanca f Spanish, Catalan
Spanish and Catalan cognate of Blanche.

Blas m Spanish
Spanish form of Blaise.

Boaventura m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Bonaventura.

Bolívar m Spanish (Latin American)
From a surname that was taken from the Basque place name Bolibar, which was derived from bolu "mill" and ibar "riverside". A famous bearer of the surname was Simón Bolívar (1783-1830), a South American revolutionary leader, after whom the country of Bolivia is named.

Bonifacia f Spanish
Feminine form of Bonifacio.

Bonifácio m Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese form of Bonifatius (see Boniface).

Bonifacio m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Bonifatius (see Boniface).

Borja m Spanish
From a Spanish surname, used as a given name in honour of the Jesuit priest Saint Francis Borja (1510-1572). The surname, also spelled Borgia, is derived from the name of a Spanish town, ultimately from Arabic برْج (burj) meaning "tower".

Bosco m Spanish, Italian (Rare)
From the surname Bosco, given in honour of the Italian saint John Bosco (1815-1888).

Braian m Spanish (Latin American, Modern), Portuguese (Brazilian, Modern)
Spanish and Portuguese form of Brian.

Branca f Portuguese, Galician
Portuguese and Galician form of Blanche.

Brás m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Blaise.

Brayan m Spanish (Modern), Portuguese (Brazilian, Modern)
Spanish and Portuguese form of Brian.

Breno m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Brennus.

Brígida f Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish form of Bridget.

Bruna f Italian, Portuguese, Croatian
Feminine form of Bruno.

Brunilda f Albanian, Spanish (Rare), Italian (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)
Albanian, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Brunhild.

Bruno m German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Croatian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Latvian, Germanic
Derived from the Old German element brunna meaning "armour, protection" (Proto-Germanic *brunjǭ) or brun meaning "brown" (Proto-Germanic *brūnaz). Saint Bruno of Cologne was a German monk of the 11th century who founded the Carthusian Order. The surname has belonged to Giordano Bruno, a philosopher burned at the stake by the Inquisition. A modern bearer is the American singer Bruno Mars (1985-), born Peter Gene Hernandez.

Buenaventura m & f Spanish
Spanish form of Bonaventura.