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This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is feminine; and the usage is rare.
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Bat f Hebrew (Rare)
Means "girl, daughter" in Hebrew.
Bata f Basque (Rare)
Coined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde as a Basque form of Beata. The name coincides with Basque bata, absolutive plural of bat, meaning "one".
Batchen f Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Derived from a combination of the words בת means "graceful girl" or "beautiful girl" in Hebrew.
Bathilda f English (Rare), German, History
Variant of Bathild. This was the name of a 7th-century English saint who became queen of the Franks after being sold to them as a slave. She was canonised for fighting against the slave trade, promoting monasticism and founding a convent... [more]
Bathylle f French (Rare)
Extremely rare variant of Bathilde.
Batiste f Basque (Rare)
Coined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde as a Basque feminine form of Batista.
Batkol f Hebrew (Rare)
Means "echo" (see Hed).... [more]
Bator f Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Means "girl of light", from a combination of Bat and Or.
Batyam f Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Bat and Yam, means “daughter of the sea; mermaid” in Hebrew, also a city near Tel Aviv.
Batzion f Hebrew (Modern, Rare), Biblical Hebrew
Derived from בַּת־צִיּוֹן meaning "daughter of Zion". This name first appears as a personification of Jerusalem or the Judean nation (mainly in a negative context)... [more]
Baucisz f Hungarian (Rare)
Hungarian form of Baucis.
Baudine f Medieval French, Dutch (Rare)
Feminine form of Baudin. In the Netherlands, this name is usually (but not always) a variant spelling of Boudine.
Baudouine f French (Rare)
Feminine form of Baudouin.
Bavaria f German (Modern, Rare)
The latinised name of the German state of Bayern.... [more]
Baxley f English (Rare)
Transferred from the surname Baxley, a variant of Bexley.
Baylei f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Bailey.
Bayli f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Bailey.
Bazylisa f Polish (Rare)
Feminine form of Bazyli.
Béa f French (Rare)
Short form of Béatrice, hardly ever used as a given name in its own right.
Beasley m & f American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Beasley.
Beatrica f Croatian, Slovak (Rare)
Croatian and Slovak form of Beatrice.
Beatriçe f Albanian (Rare)
Albanian form of Beatrix.
Beatricse f Hungarian (Rare)
Hungarian form of Beatrice, reflecting the Italian pronunciation.
Beatris f Russian (Rare), Medieval Occitan, Medieval Spanish, Medieval Flemish, Czech (Rare), Breton, Provençal, Romansh, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Russian, Breton, Provençal, medieval Spanish and medieval Occitan form of Beatrix, a Czech and Romansh variant of that name and a Brazilian Portuguese variant of Beatriz.
Beatrisa f Georgian (Rare), Russian (Rare)
Georgian and Russian form of Beatrice.
Beatriza f Brazilian (Rare)
Elaborated form of Beatriz.
Beatrize f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Beatrice, or perhaps in some cases Beatriz.
Beauanna f English (Rare)
A combination of Beau and Anna
Beauchiana f Dutch (Rare)
A combination of the French masculine adjective beau meaning "beautiful, handsome" with the name Chiana. Interestingly, this given name has a strong resemblance with the French surname Beauchain and its variant Beauchaine... [more]
Beautiful f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Simply from the English word beautiful.
Begónia f Hungarian (Rare)
Hungarian form of Begonia.
Begonia f English (Rare), Spanish (Rare), Romani (Archaic)
From the name of a flowering plant, which was named for the French botanist Michel Bégon. In some cases it may be a variant of the Spanish Begoña.
Beige f English (American, Rare)
Taken directly from the color beige.
Beinta f Faroese, Danish (Rare)
Faroese feminine form of Benedict (originally a short form of Benadikta and Bænadikta, now regarded as an independent name)... [more]
Beja f Judeo-Spanish, Bosnian (Rare), Slovene (Rare)
Judeo-Spanish variant of Bella, also as a Bosnian and Slovene form.
Béke f Hungarian (Rare)
Directly taken from Hungarian béke "peace; serenity, tranquility".
Bekija f Latvian (Modern, Rare)
Latvian adaptation of Becky.
Bekime f Albanian (Rare)
Feminine form of Bekim.
Beky f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Becky mostly influenced by the name Rebekah.
Bel f Galician, Spanish (Rare)
Truncated form of Sabela and Isabel.
Belarma f Asturian (Rare)
Feminine form of Belarmo.
Belcalis f Caribbean (Rare)
Possibly an elaboration of Belkis. This is the real name of American rapper, songwriter and television personality Cardi B (1992-), born Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar to Caribbean immigrants (a Dominican father and a Trinidadian mother).
Bele f German (Modern, Rare)
German short form of Gabriele 2 and other names.... [more]
Belgica f German (Rare, Archaic)
Derived from the geographical name Belgium.
Believe f & m American (Rare), English (Puritan)
Late Old English belȳfan, belēfan, alteration of gelēfan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch geloven and German glauben, also to lief.
Belimira f Croatian (Rare)
Feminine form of Belimir.
Béline f French (Rare), Literature, Theatre, History
Gallicized form of Belina. It was used by Molière in his play 'The Imaginary Invalid' (1673) ('Le Malade imaginaire' in French), where it belongs to the wife of Argan.
Belisa f Galician (Rare)
Diminutive of Isabel.
Bélise f French (Rare), Literature, Theatre
Gallicized form of Belisa. This name was used on one of the characters in Molière's play Les Femmes savantes (1672).
Belise f English (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian)
English and Brazilian Portuguese adoption of Bélise.
Belkise f Albanian (Rare)
Albanian form of Bilqis.
Belladora f English (American, Rare)
Combination of the names Bella and Dora.
Bellamay f English (Rare)
A combination of Bella and May
Bellamira f Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Theatre
Probably derived from the Latin elements bella "beautiful" and mira "wondrous" (cf. Mirabella). This name belongs to a courtesan in the play The Jew of Malta (written c. 1589 or 1590) by English dramatist Christopher Marlowe.
Bellarose f English (Rare)
Combination of Bella and Rose.
Bellotte f Literature, French (Rare, Archaic)
Derived from French belle meaning "beautiful". This is the name of Laidronette's sister in Madame d'Aulnoy's fairy tale The Green Serpent.
Belluls f Early Jewish, Late Roman (Rare)
From the Latin bellule (pretty, nice, well-formed), this is found in a Jewish catacomb in Rome as the name of a woman. It is possibly the precursor to such names as the Sephardic Bela and the Yiddish Shayna
Belomira f Croatian (Rare)
Feminine form of Belomir.
Belon f Gascon (Rare)
Diminutive of Isabèl.
Belva f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Apparently a feminine form of Belvedere. A notable bearer of this name was Belva Lockwood (1830-1917), one of the first female lawyers in the United States.
Belzora f English (American, Rare)
Meaning unknown. It might possibly be derived from Belzora, the name of a port town in Texas that was abandoned in the 1870s.
Benardiñe f Basque (Rare)
Coined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde as a Basque variant of Bernardiñe.
Beñate f Basque (Rare)
Coined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde as a feminine form of Beñat.
Benayga f Guanche, Spanish (Canarian, Rare)
Borne by a Guanche girl who was christened in Seville, Spain.
Benazeer f Indian (Rare)
Variant transcription of Benazir.
Benchakanlayani f Thai (Rare)
Means "woman of fivefold beauty" in Thai, from เบญจ (bencha) meaning "five, fivefold" and กัลยาณี (kanlayani) meaning "beautiful girl, belle". In Buddhism this term refers to a woman with five favourable attributes: beautiful hair, beautiful teeth, beautiful flesh, beautiful skin and beauty at any age.
Bencie f & m English (Rare)
Diminutive of Bencelina and Benceline (strictly feminine) as well as transferred use of the surname Bencie (unisex).
Bendición f & m Spanish (Rare)
Means "blessing" in Spanish.
Bendigt m & f Norwegian (Archaic), Swedish (Rare)
Archaic Norwegian variant of Benedikt, as well as a Swedish feminine form.
Bendikt m & f Old Swedish, Norwegian (Archaic), Swedish (Rare)
Contracted form of Benedikt as well as a modern Swedish feminine form.
Benelli f English (Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Benelli.
Benessa f English (American, Rare)
Possibly an Anglicized form of Benicia which was influenced by Vanessa. It might also be a combination of Ben 1 and Vanessa or similar names ending in -essa.
Benía f Icelandic (Rare)
Icelandic form of Benja.
Benilda f Filipino, Spanish, Polish (Rare)
Spanish variant and Polish form of the Germanic name Bernhilde, which came into common usage thanks to the martyr and saint Benilde de Córdoba (known as Saint Benildis in English, died circa 853).... [more]
Bénilde f & m French (Rare)
French form of Benilda.... [more]
Benilde f Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare), Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Benilda.
Beniñe f Basque (Rare)
Coined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde as a Basque equivalent of Benigna.
Benjakalayanee f Thai (Rare)
Alternate transcription of Benchakanlayani.
Benna f Danish (Rare), Icelandic (Rare)
Short form of names beginning with Ben-, particularly Bente and Benedikte, as well as a short form of names beginning with Bern-, particularly Bernhardine.
Bennath f Cornish (Rare)
Directly taken from Cornish bennath "blessing".
Benniga f Breton (Rare)
Feminine form of Benniged.
Bennye f English (Rare)
Feminine spelling of Benny.
Benta f Galician (Rare)
Feminine form of Bento.
Bentey f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Bente and the Old Norse name element ey "island; flat land along a coast" (which is also often related to the Old Norse name element auja "(gift of) luck; fortune").
Bentine f Norwegian (Rare)
Elaboration of Bente.
Bentje f Dutch (Rare)
Feminine diminutive of Ben 2.
Bentleigh f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Bentley, incorporating the spelling and feminine usage of Leigh.
Benuela f Albanian (Rare)
Of unknown meaning.
Benuta f Jewish (Rare), Judeo-Spanish (Rare)
Either a diminutive of Buena or a contracted form of Benvenuta.
Benxamina f Galician (Rare)
Galician cognate of Benjamina.
Beodeul f & m Korean (Modern, Rare)
From native Korean 버들 (beodeul) meaning "willow."
Berbel f Sorbian, Dutch (Rare)
Sorbian and Dutch diminutive of Borbora and Barbara (compare Bärbel).
Berenici f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Brazilian form of the name Berenice, reflecting the Brazilian pronunciation.
Berenilde f Portuguese (Brazilian), French (Rare)
Portuguese and French form of Bernhild.... [more]
Beretta f English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Beretta. The usage in the USA is probably influenced by the fact that there is a producer of firearms named Beretta.
Bergny f Norwegian (Rare)
Norwegian variant of Borgny.
Bergrán f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Old Norse bjǫrg "help, salvation" combined with the name of the Norse goddess Rán.
Beri f Kurdish (Rare)
Beri means a lady shepherd, mountain lady, or it's from the name "Berivan", which can mean a certain type of mountain flower
Beril f English (Rare)
Variant of Beryl. Beril Jents (1918-2013) was an Australian fashion designer. She is recognized as "Australia’s first queen of haute couture".
Berill f Hungarian (Modern, Rare)
Hungarian adoption of Beryl.
Berilla f English (Rare, Archaic)
This name is probably an elaboration of Beryl. It was used from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century.
Berimira f Croatian (Rare)
Feminine form of Berimir.
Berinthia f Theatre, Literature, English (Rare)
Meaning unknown, perhaps first used by Sir John Vanbrugh for a young widow in his play 'The Relapse' (1697). It was subsequently used by Richard Brinsley Sheridan for a widow in his play 'A Trip to Scarborough' (1777), and also appears in Dickens's 'Dombey and Son' (1848) belonging to Mrs Pipchin's niece.
Berita f Swedish (Rare)
Dialectal variant of Birgitta found in Scania.
Berklee f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Exclusively feminine variant of Berkeley.
Berlewen f Cornish (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Cornish Borlowen "morning star, Venus".
Berlie f English (Rare), American (South, Archaic)
Berlie Doherty (born 1943) is an English novelist, poet, playwright and screenwriter. She is best known for children's books, for which she has twice won the Carnegie Medal.
Berlina f Indonesian, South African, Filipino, Dutch (Rare)
Clearly feminine form of Berlin or a simplified form of Berlinda.
Berlind f Germanic, German (Rare)
Derived from Proto-Germanic *beran or *bernu "bear" (bero and bern in Old High German) combined with Old High German lind or lindi "soft, tender."
Berlyn f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Berlin using the popular suffix lyn.
Berna f Hungarian, German (Bessarabian), Dutch (Rare), Flemish (Rare), Afrikaans
Short form of Bernadett and Bernadetta as well as a Dutch and Afrikaans short form of names beginning with the element Bern-.
Bernabea f Spanish (Rare)
Feminine form of Bernabé.
Bernalda f Galician (Rare)
Galician form of Bernarda.
Bernarde f French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
Feminine form of Bernard. Marie-Bernarde Soubirous was the birth name of Saint Bernadette.
Bernardia f Various (Rare)
Feminine form of Bernard.
Berneen f South African (Modern, Rare), Irish
Irish short form of Bernadette using the diminuitive suffix ín.
Bernell m & f English (American, Rare)
From the surname Bernell.... [more]
Bernelle f English (Rare)
Either a diminutive of names beginning with the element Bern-, such as Bernadette and Bernice, combined with the French feminine ending -elle or a quasi-feminization of the surname Bernell.
Bernett m & f English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Bernett.
Bernhild f German (Rare)
Derived from the Germanic elements bern meaning "bear" and hild meaning "battle."
Bernnadette f African American (Rare)
Variant of Bernadette. Actress Bernadette Stanislaus, profesionally known as Bern Nadette Stanis, bears this name.
Bernódía f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Icelandic feminine form of Bernódus.
Berolina f German (Rare)
The allegoric personification of the German city Berlin. Extremely rarely used as a given name.
Berrye f English (Rare)
Variant spelling of Berry 2.
Berte f Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), French (Rare)
Variant of Berta as well as a French variant of Berthe.
Berthe f Limburgish (Rare, Archaic)
Limbourgish form of Bertha, influenced by Berthe Lutgen a Luxembourgish painter, committed feminist and former secondary school teacher.
Berthenia f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Parthenia via its variant Perthenia. Also compare Barthenia.... [more]
Bertine f Dutch, French (Rare), Norwegian, Flemish, Walloon
Diminutive of Berte as well as a short form of names ending in -bertine.
Bertolfa f Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Bertolfo
Bertrice f English (Rare)
Maybe a rhotic dialect form of Beatrice. An influence of popular names beginning in Ber- like Bert is possible.
Beruša f Czech (Rare), Slovak (Rare)
Czech and Slovak diminutive of Berenika. Also compare Beruška.
Béryl f & m French (Modern, Rare)
French form of Beryl.
Bessica f English (American, Rare)
Likely an elaboration of Bessie.
Beta f Slovak, Portuguese (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Romansh
Slovak diminutive of Alžbeta (not used as a given name in its own right), Portuguese diminutive of Elisabete, Alberta ou Roberta and Romansh variant of Betta.
Bethabara f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
From a New Testament place name, Βηθαβαρά (Bēthabará) in Greek, which is derived from Hebrew בית עברה (bēt ‛ăbārāh) meaning "house of the ford" or "place of crossing"... [more]
Bethannie f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Bethany, influenced by Annie.
Bethena f English (American, Rare), Popular Culture
Variant of Bethana. Bethena, A Concert Waltz ( 1905) is a composition by Scott Joplin.
Bethesda f Various (Rare)
From the name of a pool in Jerusalem, mentioned in the New Testament, known for its healing properties, which means "house of mercy" or "house of grace" from Aramaic בית (beth) "house, home" and חסדא (hesda) "mercy, kindness; favour, clemency"... [more]
Bethlea f English (Rare)
Beth with the -lea suffix.
Bethleah f English (Rare)
Beth with the -leah suffix.
Bethlehem f Ethiopian, English (Rare)
From a biblical place name meaning "house of bread" in Hebrew, the city where Jesus was born (see Bethlehem).
Bethleigh f English (Rare)
Beth with the -leigh suffix.
Bethlyne f English (Rare)
Beth with the -lyne suffix.
Bethulia f English (Rare, Archaic)
From the name of a city mentioned only in the apocryphal Book of Judith, possibly derived from the Hebrew noun בתולה (betula) meaning "virgin". The city's deliverance by Judith, when besieged by the Assyrian general Holofernes, forms the subject of the Book of Judith.
Betija f Latvian (Rare)
Latvian borrowing of Betty.
Betime f Albanian (Rare)
Feminine form of Betim.
Betire f Basque (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Basque beti "always", this name is now generally understood as a Basque equivalent of Perpetua.
Betita f Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Portuguese (Rare)
Diminutive of Elizabeth and other names containing a similar sound. Also compare Beta and the masculine equivalent Betito.... [more]
Betja f Yiddish (Germanized, Rare)
Of uncertain origin and meaning; theories include a German-Yiddish variant of Bithiah.
Betrina f English (Rare)
Possible variant of Bettina.
Bettânia f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Variant of Betânia, the Portuguese form of Bethania.
Bettany f English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Bettany. This name is borne by English historian and writer Bettany Hughes (born 1968).
Bettyanne f English (Rare)
Combination of Betty and Anne 1.
Bettyjean f American (Rare)
Combination of Betty and Jean 2 (See also Bettyjane and Bettyjo).
Bettyjo f English (Rare)
Combination of Betty and Jo.
Betula f English (Rare)
Derived from Latin betula meaning "birch".
Bětunka f Czech (Rare)
A diminutive of the female given name Běta, a pet form of Alžběta. Alžběta is the Czech form of English Elizabeth... [more]
Bětuška f Czech (Rare)
Diminutive of Alžběta, rarely used as a given name in its own right.
Bety f Spanish (Latin American), English (Rare)
Variant of Betty, also used in Latin American countries as a short form of names containing Be- (or -be-) and -t-, like Beatriz and Alberta.
Betzaidy f South American (Modern, Rare)
A derivation from Bethsaida, used in Venezuela.
Bex f & m English (Rare)
Diminutive of Rebecca, Beckett, Beatrix and other names containing the beck sound.
Bexhete f Albanian (Rare)
Feminine form of Bexhet.
Bexlynn f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Likely a combination of Bex and Lynn.
Beyond m & f English (Modern, Rare)
From the English-speaking word beyond, meaning "on the far side."
Bian f Vietnamese (Rare)
Meaning "secret" in Vietnamese, rarely used as a given name.