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Azou f Breton
Meaning uncertain, possibly derived from a Breton surname meaning "healthy man" or "artisan".

Azozena f Aragonese
Aragonese form of Azucena.

Azraël m Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend (Dutchified), Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend (Gallicized)
Dutch and French form of Azrael.

'Azra'il m Arabic
Arabic form of Azrael.

Azraile m Ancient Hebrew
Variant of Azrael.

Azriël m Dutch
Dutch form of Azriel.

Azriela f English (Rare), Hebrew (Rare)
Feminine form of Azriel.

Azrielle f English (American)
Modern English feminine form of Azriel.

Azro m Muslim (Rare, ?)
Meaning unknown.

Azroil m Uzbek (Rare)
Uzbek form of Azrael.

Azrul m Malay
Possibly from Arabic عزز ('azz) meaning "strengthen, reinforce".

Aztamitl m Nahuatl
Derived from Nahuatl aztatl "heron, snowy egret" and mitl "arrow".

Aztatl m Nahuatl
Means "heron, snowy egret" in Nahuatl.

Aztatzontli m Nahuatl
A kind of ornament made of feathers, usually a headdress, from Nahuatl aztatl "snowy egret" and tzontli "hair, crest, head; crown, headdress".

Aztlan m & f Aztec and Toltec Mythology, American (Hispanic, Rare), Mexican (Rare)
From the name of the legendary ancestral homeland of the Aztec peoples. Etymology uncertain, often said to mean "place of the herons", from Nahuatl aztatl "heron, snowy egret" and the locative suffix -tlan, though this doesn’t fit Nahuatl morphology... [more]

Azuala m Mizo

Azucely f Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Perhaps a contraction of Azucena and Aracely.

Azuceno m Spanish
Masculine form of Azucena.

Azuelo m Obscure

Azul f & m Spanish, Filipino (Rare), History
From Spanish azul meaning "blue". This name was borne by the ninth and last wife of the Apache leader Geronimo. A known bearer is Azul Guaita (2001-), a Mexican television actress.

Azula f Popular Culture, Spanish (Modern, Rare)
Fictional name meant to be derived from Portuguese, Galician, and Spanish azul meaning "blue" (of Persian origin). This is the name of a main antagonist in the television series 'Avatar: The Last Airbender'.

Azulena f American (Hispanic, Rare)

Azulie f Obscure

Azulina f Spanish (Latin American, Rare)

Azulon m Popular Culture
Meant to be the original masculine form of Azula, from which that name is derived. Fire Lord Azulon is a character in the American television show Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Azumamaro m Japanese

Azumo m Esperanto
Possibly a Esperanto form of Azuma.

Azuro m Italian
Masculine form of Azura.

Azusako f Japanese (Rare)
From Azusa combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child."... [more]

Azwitheli m South African

Azyla f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Azayla.

Azylis f French (Modern, Rare), Breton (Gallicized, ?)
Variant of Aziliz.

Azzo m Medieval Italian
Derived from the Germanic element athal 'noble' with the diminutive suffix -z.... [more]

Azzurro m Italian (Rare)
Masculine form of Azzurra.

Baala m Kazakh
Means “child” in Kazakh.

Baalaaditya m Kannada
Means "risen sun" in Kannada.

Baalaark m Kannada
Meaning "Rising Sun".

Ba'alah f Near 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.

Báalam m & f Yucatec Maya, Classic Mayan, Mayan Mythology
Báalam, who represents Jaguars, is a deity from Mayan Mythology. His name means “Jaguar” in Yucatec Maya.

Baal-berith m Biblical
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.

Baalham m & f Mayan, Classic Mayan, Mayan Mythology
Baalham means “Jaguar” in the Classic Mayan language.

Baal-hanan m Biblical
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).

Baall-ičč-a m Sidamo
Means "feathered one" in Sidama.

Baall-itt-e f Sidamo
Feminine form of Baall-ičč-a.

Baal-peor m Biblical
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.

Baalus m Arthurian Cycle
A king of the Saxons who participated in King Aminaduc’s siege at Vambieres.... [more]

Bäärbel f Luxembourgish (Archaic)
Diminutive of Barbara.

Baasandorj m Mongolian
From Mongolian баасан (baasan) meaning "Friday" and дорж (dorj) meaning "diamond, vajra".

Baasanjargal f & m Mongolian
From Mongolian баасан (baasan) meaning "Friday" and жаргал (jargal) meaning "happiness, blessing".

Baatarchuluun m Mongolian
Means "heroic stone" in Mongolian, from баатар (baatar) meaning "hero" and чулуун (chuluun) meaning "stone".

Baatarzhargal m & f Mongolian
Means "heroic happiness" in Mongolian, from баатар (baatar) meaning "hero" and жаргал (jargal) meaning "happiness, blessing".

Babaiko m Russian
Diminutive of Baba.

Babale f Georgian (Rare)
Variant of Barbare, though it might also be descended from Barbale (in at least some cases).

Babalola m Yoruba
Means "father is wealth" in Yoruba.

Babalwa f Xhosa
Means "blessed" in Xhosa.

Babatope m & f Yoruba
A responsible father.

Babel f Luxembourgish (Archaic)
Vernacular diminutive of Barbara.

Babello f Provençal
Diminutive of Eisabello.

Babhrulomni f Sanskrit
MEANING : brown haired lady. Here बभ्रु means brown + लोम्नी means hair (of female )... [more]

Babil m Catalan
Diminutive of Babilàs.

Babila m Georgian (Archaic), Italian
Georgian and Italian form of Babylas.

Bábilas m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Babylas.

Babilàs m Catalan
Catalanh form of Babylas.

Babilas m Polish (Rare)
Polish form of Babila.

Babilo m Georgian (Archaic)
Variant of Babila.

Babiole f Literature
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.

Bablin m Indian (Sikh, Rare)

Babloo f & m Indian (Modern)

Babnouda m Coptic (Arabized), Arabic
Arabized form of the Sahidic Coptic name Papnoute.

Babo m Russian
Means "grandmother" in Russian.

Babo f & m Georgian (Rare)
Short form of the feminine names Babale, Barbale and Barbare.... [more]

Babola m Russian
Means "grandmother" in Russian.

Babookaji m Newar (Rare)
Variant transcription of Devanagari बाबुकाजी (see Babukaji).

Babosha m Russian
Means "grandmother" in Russian.

Baboucarr m Wolof, Western African
Variant of Boubacar in many Western African languages.

Babow m Somali

Babrios m Ancient Roman (Hellenized)
Possibly a Hellenized form of Valerius.

Babylon m & f English (American, Rare)
From the ancient place name, from the Greek form of Akkadian Bab-ilani meaning "the gate of the gods" from bab "gate" and ilani, plural of ilu "god".

Babylyn f Filipino
Combination of Baby and the popular suffix -lyn.

Baccho f Greek Mythology
Derived from Bacchus, this was the name of one of the Hyades.

Bacchylides m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Means "son of Bacchylis", derived from the feminine name Bacchylis and the usually patronymic suffix ἴδης (ides).

Bacchylis f Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology
Probably derived from Bacchus.

Baccio m Medieval Italian, Italian (Tuscan)
Diminutive of names ending in -accio which are preceded by a B sound, such as Bartolomeaccio, Bartolaccio, Iacobaccio, Bindaccio or Fortebraccio.

Bacco m Italian
Italian form of Bacchus.

Bachanó m Romani (Caló)
Caló form of Sebastian.

Bachisio m Sardinian
Of unknown origin and meaning. Theories include a corruption of Bacco.

Bacho m Georgian
Diminutive of Bacha and Bachana.

Bacıgül f Azerbaijani (Rare)
From Azerbaijani bacı meaning "sister" and Persian گل (gol) meaning "flower, rose".

Backo f & m Indigenous Australian
Meaning unknown (from a language possibly spoken near Townsville, Queensland in the south-easthern Australia).... [more]

Baco m Greek Mythology (Portuguese-style), History (Ecclesiastical)
Spanish and Portuguese form of Bacchus. Baco (Bacchus in English) was a fourth-century Roman Christian soldier who, alongside Sergius, is revered as martyr and military saint by the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches... [more]

Bacona f English

Bacsó m Medieval Hungarian
Diminutive of Bács.

Bacucco m Italian
Diminutive of Abaco.

Badal m Indian
Cloud

Badamgül f Azerbaijani
From the Azerbaijani badam meaning "almond" and gül meaning "flower, rose".

Badamlyanhua f Mongolian (Rare)
Probably derived from a sinicized form of Badmaa and Mongolian лянхуа (lyankhua) meaning "lotus, water lily".

Badamohet m Guanche
Borne by a Guanche warrior from Tenerife.

Badayco m Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)

Badcock m Medieval English
Diminutive of Bartholomew.

Baddrul m Malay
Malay variant of Badrul.

Badegisel m Germanic
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).

Badegisil m Germanic
Variant of Badegisel.

Bâdegül f Turkish
Derived from Turkish bâde meaning "almond" and gül meaning "rose".

Badelihan m Chinese
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]

Badeñol m Guanche

Badhild f Germanic
Derived from the Germanic element badu "battle" combined with Old Norse hildr "battle."

Badhl f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Means "gift" in Arabic.

Badi al-Zaman m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic بديع الزمان (see Badi az-Zaman).

Badiambila m & f Luba
Means "let them speak among themselves" in Luba-Kasai.

Badigwala m & f Kassena
Means "they have defeated the slave raider" in Kasem.

Badillo m Mexican

Bado m Old High German, Germanic
Old High German form of Baði.

Badong m Filipino
Diminutive of Salvador.

Bador m Filipino
Short form of Salvador.

Badore m Sardinian
Short form of Sarbadore.

Badoura f Folklore
Alternate name for a princess from the tales for the Arabian Nights, Badroulbadour.

Badral m & f Mongolian
Means "flourishing, thriving; creation" in Mongolian.

Badr al-Din m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic بدر الدين (see Badr ad-Din).

Badr al-Zaman m Arabic
Means "full moon of the era" from Arabic بدر (badr) meaning "full moon" combined with زمان (zamān) meaning "time, age, era".

Badriko m Georgian (Rare)
Diminutive of Badri.

Badrizal m Indonesian (Rare)
Combination of the name Badri and the masculine suffix -zal.

Badrodin m Maguindanao
Maguindanao form of Badr al-Din.

Badrol m Malay
Malay variant of Badrul.

Badroulbadour f Literature, 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'.

Badrul m Arabic, Bengali, Malay, Indonesian
First part of compound Arabic names beginning with بدر ال (Badr al) meaning "full moon of the" (such as Badr al-Din).

Badrulzaman m Malay
Malay variant of Badr al-Zaman.

Badulfus m Germanic (Latinized)
Latinized form of Badulf.

Bądzisław m Polish

Bądzisława f Polish
Feminine form of Bądzisław.

Bądzsław m Polish (Archaic)
Derived from będzie "will be, going to" and sław "fame, glory".

Bądzsława f Polish
Derived from będzie meaning "will be, going to" and sława meaning "fame, glory".

Bæglir m Old 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".

Bæilir m Old Norse
Probably an Old Norse variant of Bæglir.

Baek-ho m Korean
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-hyeon m Korean
From Sino-Korean 伯 "older brother" and 賢 "virtuous, worthy, good".

Bael m Near Eastern Mythology
Variant of Ba'al.

Bældæg m Anglo-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.

Baeleigh f English (Modern, Rare)
Feminine variant of Bailey.

Baelyn f Various (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Bailynn.

Baelynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Bailynn.

Baenglum f Thai

Bæron m Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Icelandic adoption of Byron.

Bærtomê m Ligurian
Ligurian form of Bartholomew.

Baertoud m Medieval Dutch

Baertoude m Medieval Dutch
Variant of Baertoud.

Bafomet m Russian
Russian form of Baphomet.

Bagala f Hindi, Indian
From Hindi बगला (bagala) meaning "heron".

Bagaskoro m Javanese
From Javanese bagaskara meaning "sun", ultimately from Sanskrit भास्कर (bhāskara).

Bagio m Javanese
Variant of Bagyo.

Baglan m History (Ecclesiastical)
The name of a 6th-century Welsh saint.

Bagoas m Old Persian
Bagoas was a eunuch in the court of the Persian Empire in the 4th century BC. Bagoas was a courtier of Darius III and later of Alexander the Great.

Bagoes m Indonesian
Older spelling of Bagus based on Dutch orthography.

Bagok m Kurdish
Derived from Kurdish bager meaning "whirlwind".

Bagomed m Dargin
Russian form of Muhammad, used particularly in Dagestan.

Bagot m Anglo-Norman
Diminutive of Bago, a Germanic name derived from Old High German baga "dispute".

Bagota f Arthurian Cycle
The giantess mother of Galehaut by her husband Brunor the Brown in La Tavola Ritonda. She also had a daughter named Dalis (Delice). Tristan slew her at the Castle of Tears.... [more]

Bägül f Turkmen
Means "rose" in Turkmen.

Bagyo m Javanese
From Javanese bagya meaning "happiness, fortune, wellness", ultimately from Sanskrit भाग्य (bhāgya).

Bahaa el-Din m Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Arabic بهاء الدين (see Baha al-Din) chiefly used in Egypt.

Baha al-Din m Arabic
Means "splendour of the faith" from Arabic بهاء (bahāʾ) meaning "splendour, glory" combined with دين (dīn) meaning "religion, faith".

Bahala f Tagalog

Baharom m Malay
Variant of Baharum.

Bahelwang m & f Tswana
Means "why give them?" in Setswana.

Bahilma f American (Modern, Rare)

Båhl m Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Swedish form of Bård.

Bahlam m Classic Mayan
Means "jaguar", deriving from the Classic Maya element balam ("jaguar"). This was used as a name element by Classic Maya royalty.

Bəhlul m Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Bahlul.

Bahlul m Arabic
Means “fool” or “simpleton”.

Baho m Bosnian
Short for of Bahtijar.

Bahodir m Uzbek
Uzbek form of Bahadur.

Bahodira f Uzbek
Derived from bahodir meaning "hero".

Bahodur m Tajik
Tajik form of Bahadur.

Baholy f Malagasy
Means "cactus spike" in Malagasy.

Bahor f Tajik
Means "spring" in Tajik

Bahora f Uzbek
Uzbek form of Bahar.

Bahorjamol f Uzbek
Derived from the Uzbek bahor meaning "spring" and jamol meaning "beauty".

Bahoroy f Uzbek
Derived from the Uzbek bahor meaning "spring" and oy meaning "moon".

Bahoz m Kurdish
Derived from Kurdish ba meaning "storm".

Bahragul f Uzbek
From the Uzbek bahra meaning "profit, gain" or "pleasure" and gul meaning "flower".

Bahr al-Din m Arabic (Rare)
Alternate transcription of Arabic بحر الدين (see Bahr ad-Din).

Bahrizal m Indonesian (Rare)
Combination of Bahri and the Minangkabau masculine suffix -zal.

Bahtiyor m Uzbek
Variant of Baxtiyor.

Bahto m Bosnian (Rare)
Short form of Bahtijar.

Bahula f Hindi
Means "plenty of stars" in Hindi.

Bahumil m Belarusian
Belarusian form of Bogomil.

Bahuslau m Belarusian
Belarusian form of Boguslav.

Bahuslava f Belarusian
Belarusian feminine form of Boguslav.

Bahylay m Yakut
Yakut form of Vasiliy.

Baiardo m Italian
Italian form of Bayard.

Baibiao m Chinese
From the Chinese 百 (bǎi) meaning "one hundred, numerous, many" and 骉 (biāo) meaning "herd of horses".

Baibol m Russian
Means "speak of pain" in Russian.

Baihao m Chinese
From the Chinese 百 (bǎi) meaning "one hundred, numerous, many" or 柏 (bǎi) meaning "cypress, cedar" and 淏 (hào) meaning "clear water".

Baihuo m Chinese
From the Chinese 百 (bǎi) meaning "one hundred, numerous, many" and 火 (huǒ) meaning "fire, flame".

Baiko f & m Georgian
Diminutive of Baia. This name is most commonly used on women.

Baiko f & m Japanese

Baila f English (American, Modern)
Invented name based on the sounds of names like Bailey and Kayla.

Bailei f Chinese

Baileigh f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Bailey.

Bailem m English, Hebrew, Yiddish
means "he who watches over his siblings." This name is usually given to the first son. Bailem is somewhat connected to Bailey.

Baili m & f Chinese

Bailiang f & m Chinese

Bailie f English (American)
Variant of Bailey.

Baillee f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Bailey.

Baillie f & m Hebrew

Baillu m Sardinian
Nuorese variant form of Basil 1.

Bailu f & m Chinese
From the Chinese 白 (bái) meaning "white, pure" or 柏 (bǎi) meaning "cypress, cedar" and 鹭 (lù) meaning "heron, egret", 鹿 (lù) meaning "deer" or 禄 (lù) meaning "blessing, happiness".

Baily f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Bailey.

Bailyn f English (Modern)
Variant of Bailey using the popular name suffix lyn.

Bailynn f English (Modern, Rare)
A combination of Bailey and Lynn.

Baimiao f Chinese
From the Chinese 白 (bái) meaning "white, pure" and 淼 (miǎo) meaning "wide expanse of water".

Bairon m Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Bayron.

Baitao m Chinese
From the Chinese 百 (bǎi) meaning "one hundred, numerous, many" and 韬 (tāo) meaning "sheath, scabbard, bow case".

Baito m Japanese

Baixiong m Chinese
From the Chinese 百 (bǎi) meaning "one hundred, numerous, many" and 雄 (xióng) meaning "male, manly; hero; grand, imposing".

Baizhao m Chinese
From the Chinese 柏 (bǎi) meaning "cypress, cedar" and 昭 (zhāo) meaning "bright, luminous, illustrious".

Bajal m Urdu
Means 'living' in Urdu. In Urdu it can be written as 'باجل'.

Bajamonte m Medieval Italian, Venetian
Medieval Venetian form of Boemondo.

Bajgalmaa f Mongolian
Means "nature woman" or "mother nature" in Mongolian, from байгаль (baigal') meaning "nature" and the feminine suffix маа (maa).

Bajilah f Arabic
Bajilah is an Arabic name found in Eastern Iraq.

Bajnok m Hungarian
Means "champion" in Hungarian.

Bajo m Albanian, Montenegrin, Serbian, Slovak
Albanian short form of Bajram as well as a diminutive of Branislav (Slovak) and Bratislav (Montenegrin and Serbian).... [more]

Bakartxo f Basque
Diminutive of Bakarne.

Bakat-vaal f Chukchi

Bakchos m Greek Mythology
Original form of Bacchus.

Bakenkhonsu m Ancient Egyptian
Means "servant of Khonsu" in Ancient Egyptian.

Bakhodir m Uzbek
Alternate transcription of Баҳодир (see Bahodir)

Bakhodur m Tajik (Russified)
Russified form of Bahodur

Bakhor f Uzbek, Tajik, Kyrgyz
Uzbek, Tajik and Kyrgyz form of Bahar

Bakhos m Greek Mythology

Bakhoum m Arabic
Arabic form of Pakhom.

Bakhrom m Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Tajik
Kyrgyz form and Uzbek and Tajik variant of Bahrom.

Bakhtovar m Tajik
Tajik form of Bakhtawar.

Baklan m Russian (Rare, Archaic)

Bako m Armenian, Georgian
Short form of Ambako (Georgian), Ambakum (Armenian), Bakar (Georgian) and Bakur (both Armenian and Georgian).

Bako m Greek Mythology (Basque-style)
Basque form of Bacchus.

Bakoa m & f Gilbertese
Derived from a word meaning 'strong' or brave' and is a gender-neutral name used in Kiribati

Bakoly f Malagasy
Derived from Malagasy bakoly "china, chinaware, porcelain; a crockery" with the intended meaning of "porcelain" and implying that the bearer is just as delicate or fair as this material.

Bakome m Lingala
Means “they are written” in Lingala.

Baktigul f Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Baktygul.

Bakugou m Popular Culture
Contains the kanji baku which translates to bomb/explosion while go translates to powerful. A famous bearer is Katsuki Bakugou, one of the protagonists of the Japanese anime series 'My Hero Academia'.

Bakul f & m Indian
Bakul is the name of a sweet smelling flower. The name Bakul originated as a Hindu name. The name Bakul is most often used as a girl name or female name, but can sometimes be used for men.... [more]

Bakula f Hindi
Feminine form of Bakul.

Bakuto m Japanese

Bala m Afro-American (Slavery-era)

Bala f Turkish
Derived from Turkish bal meaning "honey".

Balaağiya f Yakut
Yakut form of Pelageya.

Balaam m Biblical Hebrew

Balabəy m Azerbaijani
From bala meaning "child" and bəy meaning "gentlemen, mister".

Balaca m & f Azerbaijani (Rare)
Means "small" in Azerbaijani.

Balacaxanım f Azerbaijani (Rare)
Means "small lady", from Azerbaijani balaca meaning "small, little" and xanım meaning "madam, wife".

Baladine f German (Rare)
Germanised form of Balladyna.

Balagangadharanatha m Obscure, Indian (Rare, ?)
Means "finding refuge in the might of the Ganges-supporter (i.e. Shiva)" in Sanskrit, from a combination of Sanskrit बल (bala) "might, strength" with Gangadhara, a name of the god Shiva meaning "Ganga-supporter, Ganges-receiver, the ocean", and नाथ (nātha) "patron, protector, lord" or "refuge"... [more]

Balahegaru m Ethiopian

Balai m Paiwan

Balaji m Indian, Tamil, Telugu
Derived from Sanskrit बल (bála) meaning "power, strength, might". This is an epithet of Venkateswara, one of the forms of the Hindu deity Vishnu.

Balak m Biblical (Anglicized, Archaic)
This is a name of a king of Moab in the book of Numbers. Together with Balaam, he conspired to halt the Israelites on their journey, by any means necessary.

Balakhanim f Azerbaijani (Rare)

Balakhanum f Armenian

Balakrishnan m Indian, Tamil, Malayalam
Variant of Balakrishna.

Balakyz f Dagestani
Derived from бала (bala) meaning "child" and кыз (kyz) meaning "girl".

Balam m Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Variant of Balaam. In The Lesser Key of Solomon he is a great and powerful king of Hell who commands over forty legions of demons.

Balambér m History
Hungarian form of Balambér.

Balamuralikrishna m Indian, Sanskrit
Derived from the Sanskrit बालमुरलीकृष् (Balamuralikrishna) meaning “young Krishna holding the flute”.

Balan m Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Variant of Balam.

Balan m Guernésiais
Guernésiais form of Belenus.

Balan m Malayalam, Tamil
Malayalam form and Tamil variant of Bala 1.

Balandė f Lithuanian (Rare)
Feminine form of Balandis.

Balandín m Aragonese
Aragonese form of Valentine 1.

Balandina f Aragonese (Rare)
Variant of Balantina.

Balandis m Lithuanian (Rare)
Derived from the Lithuanian noun balandis, which can mean "dove, pigeon" as well as "April" (as in, the month).

Balang m & f Kelabit
Means "spirit tiger" in Kelabit.

Balanice f Folklore
Meaning unknown. This name appears in the French fairy tale "Rosanella", where it belongs to the queen who is the title character's mother.

Balanos f Greek Mythology
Derived from Ancient Greek βάλανος (balanos) meaning "acorn" or "oak tree". This was the name of one of the eight hamadryad daughters of Oxylos and Hamadryas, associated with oak trees.

Balantín m Aragonese
Variant of Balandín.

Balantina f Aragonese
Aragonese form of Valentina.

Balapuspika f Nepali
Means "young blossom" in Nepali.

Balár m Medieval Hungarian

Balar m Irish Mythology
Variant of Balor.

Balaraba f Western African, Hausa
Feminine form of Balarabe.

Balaramudu m Telugu
Telugu form of Balarama.

Balasan f Armenian
Means "balsam" in Armenian.

Balasaraswati f Indian
Means "child possessing water" in Sanskrit. A famous bearer is Balasaraswati, a Bharatanatyam dancer from Tanjore, India.

Balassa m Medieval Hungarian
Medieval Hungarian form of Balázs (via the medieval variant Balass. This name was first used in Hungary in the 13th century.

Balasubramaniam m Indian, Tamil
From Sanskrit बाल (bāla) meaning "young, child" combined with the name Subramaniam.

Balasubramanian m Indian, Tamil
Alternate transcription of Balasubramaniam.

Balausa f Kazakh
Means "green, herbs" or "young, beautiful" in Kazakh.

Balavarman m Sanskrit, History
From Sanskrit बल (bala) "strength, might" with वर्मन् (varman) "armor, protection". This was the name of the 3rd ruler of the Varman dynasty, ruling from 398 to 422 AD.

Balaxanım f Azerbaijani
From Azerbaijani bala meaning "child" and xanım meaning "madam, lady".

Balbaara f Yakut
Yakut form of Varvara.

Balbala f Pashto
From Persian بلبل‎ (bulbul) "nightingale".

Balbar m & f Tibetan
Derived from the Tibetan word དཔལ་ (dpal) meaning "glory, fortune, luck" and འབར་ ('bar) meaning "to burn, blaze".

Bàlbara f Sardinian
Gallurese form of Barbara.

Balbara f Sardinian
Variant spelling of Bàlbara.

Balbeer m & f Indian (Sikh)
Alternate transcription of Punjabi Gurmukhi ਬਲਬੀਰ (see Balvir).

Balbhuaidh m Arthurian Cycle
The name under which Gawain appears in Irish romances.

Balbi f & m Spanish, Asturian
Short form of Balbina and Balbino.

Balbijn m & f Dutch (Archaic)
Dutch form of both Balbinus and Balbina.

Balbin m Croatian (Rare), French, Polish
Croatian, French and Polish form of Balbinus.

Balbinos m Ancient Roman (Hellenized)
Hellenized form of Balbinus.

Balbir m & f Indian (Sikh)
Variant of Balvir.