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Bam & fChinese Derived from the Chinese character 巴 (bā) meaning "to greatly desire" or referred to a mythological snake. It can also derive from 芭 (bā) referred to a kind of fragrant grass or 笆 (bā) meaning "bamboo fence".... [more]
Ba'alahfNear Eastern Mythology Deriving from the feminine form of the Phoenician bʿl ("Lord, master, owner"). This title was used for several goddesses of the Phoenician and Canaanite pantheons.
Baal-berithmBiblical Means "lord of the covenant", ultimately derived from Hebrew בעל (ba'al) meaning "to be lord" and ברית (berit) meaning "covenant". He is a deity that is mentioned in Judges 8:33 and Judges 9:4.
Baal-hananmBiblical Means "lord of grace", ultimately derived from Hebrew בעל (ba'al) meaning "to be lord" and חנן (hanan) meaning "to be gracious". The name was featured by two men in the Bible (Genesis 36:38 and 1 Chronicles 27:28).
Baal-peormBiblical Means "lord of the wide opening", ultimately derived from Hebrew בעל (ba'al) meaning "to be lord" and פער (pa'ar) meaning "open wide". In the Bible, he was a deity that is mentioned in Numbers 25:3, Numbers 25:5, Deuteronomy 4:3, Psalms 106:28, and Hosea 9:10.
BaanamBiblical Means "son of affliction". In the Bible, this is the name of two of Solomon's purveyors, as well as the father of Zadok.
Baasanm & fMongolian Means "Friday" or "Venus (planet)" in Mongolian. Cognate to Tibetan Pasang.
BaasandorjmMongolian From Mongolian баасан (baasan) meaning "Friday" and дорж (dorj) meaning "diamond, vajra".
Baasanjargalm & fMongolian From Mongolian баасан (baasan) meaning "Friday" and жаргал (jargal) meaning "happiness, blessing".
BaasanjavmMongolian From Mongolian баасан (baasan) meaning "Friday" and жав (jav) meaning "salvation, deliverance".
Baasansürenm & fMongolian From Mongolian баасан (baasan) meaning "Friday" combined with Tibetan ཚེ་རིང (tshe ring) meaning "long life, longevity".
BaashamEnglish, Biblical Hebrew Baasha of Israel is a king of Israel mentioned in Kings. Baasha of Ammon was a King of Ammon ruling in 853 BCE.
BaatarchuluunmMongolian Means "heroic stone" in Mongolian, from баатар (baatar) meaning "hero" and чулуун (chuluun) meaning "stone".
BaatarsürenmMongolian From Mongolian баатар (baatar) meaning "hero" combined with Tibetan ཚེ་རིང (tshe ring) meaning "long life, longevity".
Baatarzhargalm & fMongolian Means "heroic happiness" in Mongolian, from баатар (baatar) meaning "hero" and жаргал (jargal) meaning "happiness, blessing".
BabamAzerbaijani, Georgian (Archaic) Derived from the Persian honorific title بابا (baba), which formally means "grandfather, wise old man, sir". Its informal meaning is "dad, daddy", but that particular meaning is probably not the reason behind the use of this honorific title as a given name and name element.
BabafEnglish Diminutive of Barbara or other names with a similar sound. Borne by Baba Beaton, socialite and sister of photographer Cecil, and writer Eleanor “Baba” Brougham.
BabajanmArmenian (Rare) Means " soul, friendly" in Armenian. Until the end of the last century, it was a rather common name, but it is still being forgotten, but Babajanyan’s surname is still preserved.
BabathafAncient Aramaic Babatha is the name of a Jewish woman who owned land near Petra (modern Jordan) and En-Gedi (modern Israel) in the 2nd century AD. Because her personal documents were preserved, much of her personal life is known today.
BabesnefBasque (Rare) Coined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde as a Basque equivalent of Amparo and Patrocinio. The name was based on Basque babes "shelter, refuge; protection" and the productive name suffix -ne.
BabettfHungarian, German (Rare), Luxembourgish Hungarian form, German variant and Luxembourgish vernacular form of Babette. Babett Peter is a football player who had 118 appearances in the German national team winning among other titles the 2007 FIFA Wolrd Cup.
Babhrum & fIndian Indian unisex name also written as Babhrú (बभ्रु), masculine and sometimes feminine, or Babhrū (बभ्रू), which is purely feminine, meaning "reddish-brown, tawny".
BabhrulomnifSanskrit MEANING : brown haired lady. Here बभ्रु means brown + लोम्नी means hair (of female )... [more]
BabikermNorthern African, Arabic Sudanese name possibly derived from the given name Bakr or from Arabic بَكَرَ (bakara) meaning "first born" or "to be early, to rise early".
BabiolefLiterature Means "bauble" or "trinket" in French. According to the French fairytale, Babiole is the daughter of a queen. The fairy Fanfreluche tricks the queen into turning her daughter into a monkey.
BəbirmAzerbaijani (Rare) Derived from the Azerbaijani noun bəbir meaning "leopard". As such, this name could be considered to be the Azerbaijani form of Babur.... [more]
BabürşahmTurkish Babür, combined with a Perso-Turkic royal title, şah meaning "shah". As a whole, it means "shah as strong as a tiger". This was the nickname of Zahir ud-Din Muhammad, the 16th-century founder of the Mughal Empire in India.
BabyfEnglish (American) From babi, "infant of either sex," diminutive of babe (see babe) with -y (3). Meaning "childish adult person" is from c. 1600. Meaning "youngest of a group" is by 1897.
BachamGeorgian (Rare) Short form of Bachana, but it can also be an independent name in its own right, in which case the name is directly derived from the Persian noun بچه (bačče) meaning "child".
BachanamGeorgian Derived from an old Georgian word that means "obedient, submissive, docile", which itself is ultimately derived from the Persian noun بچه (bačče) meaning "child".
Bà Chúa XứfFar Eastern Mythology The name of a Vietnamese goddess of business, health and the Vietnamese border. Her name is derived from bà chúa meaning "lady, a woman of wealth and luxury" and xứ meaning "country".
BachuéfNew World Mythology Means "one with the naked breast" in Chibcha. This is the name of a goddess who in the Muisca religion is the mother of humanity.
BacigülfAzerbaijani From the Azerbaijani bacı meaning "sister" and gül meaning "flower, rose".
BacinurfAzerbaijani Derived from the Azerbaijani bacı meaning "sister" and the Arabic نور (nur) meaning "light".
Backof & mIndigenous Australian Meaning unknown (from a language possibly spoken near Townsville, Queensland in the south-easthern Australia).... [more]
BadaskhanfArmenian (Western, Rare) A Western Armenian name popular in the 18th-19th centuries. It has since fallen out of use. From the Armenian "պատասխան," meaning "answer."
BadayafPakistani, Arabic Possible meanings could be "beginnings, initiation, inception, genesis"
BadbfIrish Mythology, Irish Means "crow, demon" in early Irish (and may have originally denoted "battle" or "strife"). In Irish myth the Badb was a war goddess who took the form of a crow. She and her sisters, the Morrígan and Macha, were a trinity of war goddesses known collectively as the Morrígna.
BadefTurkish Means "wine, drink", from Persian bâde (باده) "wine".
BademNigerian The use of the name in Nigeria is likely due to the Bade Emirate, a traditional state in Yobe State, Nigeria, the home of the Bade people.
BadeeymYakut Derived from the name of a folk Yakut hero who was the first leader of the Kangalassky Yakuts.
BadegiselmGermanic Derived from the Germanic element bald "brave, bold" (commonly reduced to bad or baud when Latinized) or possibly Celto-Germanic badu "battle", combined with gisel "hostage" or "pledge" (ge- "co-" + the root of "sell" in the sense of "give"—thus something or someone given in exchange).
BâdegülfTurkish Derived from Turkish bâde meaning "almond" and gül meaning "rose".
BadelihanmChinese Meaning unknown, possibly a Siniced form of an Asian name. It is written with the Chinese characters 巴 (see Ba) combined with 德 (see De), 里 (see Li 1) and 汗 (see Han).... [more]
Baderm & fArabic Alternate transcription of Arabic بدر (see Badr).
BadericmGermanic, History Means "powerful battle", derived from the Germanic elements badu "battle" and rîcja "powerful, strong, mighty." The second element is also closely related to Celtic rîg or rix and Gothic reiks, which all mean "king, ruler." Baderic was a 6th-century co-king of the Thuringii, a Germanic tribe.
Ba'diyafUzbek Derived from the Uzbek ba'd meaning "heart, soul".
BadiyafArabic Means "desert" in Arabic. Derived from Arabic "badī," meaning 'rhetorical embellishment,' referring in general to the concept of novelty.
BadriyahfSindhi Badriyah is a Muslim Girl name which originates from the Arabic language. Badriyah name meaning in Urdu is "پورے چاند کی مشابہت". In Sindhi, the name meaning Is Resembling The Full Moon."
BadroulbadourfLiterature, Folklore From Arabic بدر البدور (Badr ul-Budūr) meaning "full moon of full moons" (see also Budur). This is the name of the princess in the Middle Eastern fairy tale 'Aladdin', one of the tales in the 'Arabian Nights'.
BaduhennafGermanic Mythology Baduhenna was a minor goddess worshipped in ancient Frisia. According to Tacitus, a sacred grove was dedicated to her near which 900 Roman soldiers were killed in 28 CE. Her name is likely derived from Proto-Germanic *badwa- "battle" and -henna, a name element which appears in the names of matrons, Germanic goddesses widely attested from the 1st to 5th century CE on votive stones and votive altars.
BądzimirmPolish The first element of this name is derived from Polish bądź, which is the second-person singular imperative form of the verb być "to be". The second element is derived from Slavic mir "peace"... [more]
BæglirmOld Norse Old Norse name deriving from a verb related to Nynorsk begla meaning "to hinder, to stand in someone's way" or a noun related to Nynorsk begla meaning "contrary, sullen, obstinate person".
Baek-homKorean From Sino-Korean 白虎 (baek-ho), referring to a white tiger, also one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations which represents the west and the autumn season. This makes it cognate with Japanese Byakko.... [more]
Baek-hyeonmKorean From Sino-Korean 伯 "older brother" and 賢 "virtuous, worthy, good".
BældægmAnglo-Saxon Mythology Anglo-Saxon equivalent of Balder. Made up of the Old English elements bæl, of disputed origin, and dæg, meaning "day." ‘The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle,’ written after the Christianization of the Anglo-Saxons, treats him as a historical figure, listing him among the legendary ancestors of the kings of Bernicia and Wessex.
BagabandimMongolian From Mongolian бага (baga) meaning "small, young" and банди (bandi) meaning "disciple (of a lama), novice, son".
BagabuxšamOld Persian From Old Persian 𐏎 (baga) meaning "god" and possibly buxša meaning "releasing, to free" or "bestowing benefit".
BagacithramOld Persian Means "form of god", "offspring of god", or "of divine origin", from Old Persian 𐏎 (baga) meaning "god" and *ciθrah meaning "shining, brilliant", "form, appearance" or "lineage, origin"
BagdemagusmArthurian Romance Meaning unknown. In Arthurian legend, Bagdemagus is the king of Gorre, a Knight of the Round Table and the father of Maleagant.