This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is feminine; and a substring is a.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Brauna f GermanFeminine form of "Braun", which means "brown" in German.
Braunwyn f English (Rare)Probably an English variant of
Bronwyn. A known bearer of this name is Braunwyn Windham-Burke (b. 1977), who stars in the American reality television series
The Real Housewives of Orange County (2006-).
Brave m & f EnglishFrom the French
brave, from the Italian
bravo, itself either from Provençal
brau 'show-off', from the Gaulish
*bragos 'fine', or from the Latin
*bravus, from a fusion of
pravus and
barbarus into a root
*bravus.
Braya f Medieval CornishMedieval Cornish name which is said to be derived from Cornish
bregh "brave; fine".
Brayleen f EnglishPossibly a combination of the English surname
Bray, from the Cornish
bre 'hill' combined with the suffix
-leen. Another possibility is that it's a feminized variant of
Brayden combined with the suffix
-leen.
Breaca f Medieval Cornish (Latinized)Latinized form of
Breage, from Cornish
bregh "brave". The 5th-century Cornish saint Breage is also known as Breaca or Bray. Breage is also probably the source of the medieval Cornish name
Braya.... [
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Bremusa f Greek Mythology (Latinized)Latinized form of Βρεμουσα
(Bremousa), which allegedly meant "raging woman" from Greek βρέμω
(bremo) "to roar, shout, rage". This was the name of one of the twelve Amazon warriors who followed Penthesilea into the Trojan War.
Breysia f Medieval SwissDerived from the place name
Brixia, the Latin name of an ancient city situated in Gallia Cisalpina, now
Brescia in Lombardy, Italy.
Bricta f Celtic MythologyBricta or Brixta was a Gaulish goddess who was a consort of
Luxovius. It has, however, been suggested that if "Bricta is a title incorporating
Bríg, it may actually be a title assigned to
Sirona rather than a separate goddess"... [
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Brigantia f Celtic MythologyDerived from Celtic *
brigant- "high" or *
briga- "might, power". This was the name of an important Brythonic goddess. She is almost certainly the same deity as
Bridget, the Irish goddess.
Brihaspati m & f Hinduism, Indian, Bengali, HindiFrom Sanskrit बृहस्पति
(bṛhaspati) meaning "Jupiter (the planet)" or "Thursday". This is the name of a Hindu deity of piety and religious devotion who is often identified with the planet Jupiter.
Brindabella f Indigenous AustralianLocational name, from the Brindabella mountain range on the border of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. Usually said to be from a local language, meaning "two hopping mice" - hopping mice are native Australian mice... [
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Brisa f SpanishPreviously a short form of
Briseida, though it is now regarded as an independent name directly from the Spanish word
brisa "breeze". In Mexico this name was popularized by a character named Brisa (played by actress Margarita Magaña) on the telenovela "Por tu amor" (1999).
Britomart f LiteratureForm of
Britomartis used by Edmund Spenser for a female knight in his poem 'The Faerie Queene' (1590). Folk etymology associated
Brito- with "Briton" and -
martis with
Mars (genitive
Martis), the Roman god of war.
Britomartis f Greek MythologyPossibly means "sweet maiden", from Cretan βριτύ
(britu) "sweet" or "blessing" (Attic
glyku) and
martis "maiden" (Attic
parthenos). This was an epithet of a Cretan goddess of mountains and hunting who was sometimes identified with
Artemis.
Brola f Georgian (Rare)Derived from the Georgian noun ბროლი
(broli) meaning "crystal" (as in the glass, not the mineral). In some cases, this name can also be a short form of the related name
Nazibrola.
Broselianda f ObscureThis was borne by Cuban actress Broselianda Hernández Boudet (1964-2020), who was the daughter of Cuban dramatist and critic Rosa Ileana Boudet (1947-). It was perhaps inspired by the mythological place name
Brocéliande.
Brunetta f Judeo-French, Judeo-Anglo-NormanDerived from Middle French
brune, the feminine form of the adjective
brun, "brown (the color)" (ultimately from Old French
brun “polished, shiny, brown”), and denoting a woman with brown hair.
Brunonia f GermanAllegoric personification of the city (and the fromer state) of Braunschweig (Brunswick), Germany. Very rarely used as a given name.
Bruria f Hebrew, Early JewishAllegedly means "pure" in Aramaic. This was the name of a 2nd-century female scholar; she was the wife of Rabbi Meir, one of Rabbi Akiva's disciples. It was also borne by Israeli theoretical physicist Bruria Kaufman (1918-2010).
Bruttia f Ancient RomanBruttia Crispina was Roman empress from 178 to 191 as the consort of Roman emperor Commodus. Her marriage to Commodus did not produce an heir, and her husband was instead succeeded by Pertinax.