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Brucy m English
Diminutive of Bruce.

Brud m English

Bruin m Dutch (Rare), English (Rare, ?), Folklore
Dutch form of Bruno. It coincides with the Dutch word for "brown". This was also the name of the bear in medieval fables of Reynard the Fox.

Brunton m Scottish (Rare), English (Australian)
Transferred use of the surname Brunton. James Brunton Stephens (1835-1902) was a Scottish-born Australian poet, and author of 'Convict Once'.

Bruse m English
Form of Bruce.

Brusen m English (Rare)

Brush m English
Variant of Ambrose

Bry m & f English
Diminutive of Bryan, Bryden, Brianna, and other names beginning in Bry.

Brya f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Bria.

Bryah f English (Modern, Rare)
Possibly a variant of Bria or Brea. According to the SSA, Bryah was given to 12 girls in 2015.

Bryahna f English (Modern, Rare), English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Briana. According to the SSA, Bryahna was given to 7 girls in 2007.

Bryane f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Bryony or a feminine form of Brian.... [more]

Bryani f English (American, Rare)

Bryann f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Brianne and Brian (See also Bryanne and Bryanna).

Bryar m English
Variant of Briar.

Bryarly f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Brierley.

Brycelynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Feminine form of Bryce using the popular name suffix lynn (see Lynn).

Bryceson m & f English (Rare), English (American, Rare)
Variant of Bryson. According to the SSA, 22 boys were given the name Bryceson in 2018.

Brycin m English
Alternative spelling of Brysen

Brycyn m & f English (Modern)
Variant of Bryson.

Brydan m English
Variant of Bryden.

Brydee f English (Australian, Modern)
Variant of Bridie.

Bryden m English (Modern)
Variant of Braden, perhaps influenced by Bryan

Brydon m English
Variant of Bryden.

Brye m & f English
Diminutive of Bryce and variant of Brie.

Bryell f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Brielle.

Bryella f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Briella.

Bryelle f English (Modern)
Variant of Brielle.

Bryenda f English
Variant of Brenda.

Bryer m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Bryer.

Bryher f English (British, Rare), Cornish
From the name of an island off the southwestern coast of Cornwall, one of the Isles of Scilly. This was adopted as a pen name by the English novelist Annie Winifred Ellerman (1894-1983).

Bryin m English

Brylan m & f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Braylon.

Brylea f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Briley.

Brylen m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Brylan.

Brylie f English
Variant of Bryley or possibly an elaboration of Riley or a pion of Bree/Breanna/Brenna (etc) and Rylie.

Brylyn f English (Modern)
Variant of Braelyn.

Brylynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Braylynn.

Bryna f English, Yiddish (Anglicized)
Yiddish ברײַנא from German Bräune "brown(ness)".

Brynden m English (Modern, Rare), Literature
Variant of Brendan. ... [more]

Brynelyn f English (Rare)
Variant of Brynlynn.

Brynie f English (American)

Brynle m English (British)

Brynlea f English (Modern)
Variant of Brynlee or Brinley.

Brynleigh f English (Modern)
Variant of Brynlee.

Brynley m & f English
Variant of Brinley.

Brynlie f English
Variant of Brynlee.

Brynly f English
Variant of Brynlee.

Brynlyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Brynlynn.

Brynlynn f English (Modern, Rare)
A combination of Bryn and Lynn.

Brynna f English (Modern, Rare)
Elaborated form of Brynn (probably influenced by Brenna) as well as a variant of Bryna.

Brynnan f & m English (American)

Brynnil f English (Rare)

Brynnlee f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Brynlee.

Brynnleigh f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Brynlee.

Brynnlie f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Brynlee.

Brynnly f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Brynlee.

Brynton m English
Variant of Brinton, influenced by the name Bryn.

Bryona f English
Variant of Briana.

Bryonia f English (Rare)
From the Latin name for bryony, the wild twining plant (see Bryony).

Bryonie f English (Rare)
Variant of Bryony.

Bryonna f English
Variant of Briana.

Bryor m English
Variant of Briar.

Brysan m English
Variant of Bryson.

Bryse m English
Variant of Brice.

Brysen m English
Variant of Bryson.

Brystal f English (Modern)
Variant of Bristol, the spelling influenced by that of Crystal.

Brysun m English
Variant of Bryson.

Brysyn m English
Variant of Bryson.

Brytani f English (Modern)
Variant of Brittany.

Bryten m & f English
Variant spelling of Bryton.

Brytneigh f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Brittany.

Brytney f English (American)
Variant of Britney.

Brytni f English (Modern)
Variant of Brittany.

Bryton m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Britton.

Bryttani f English (Modern)
Variant of Brittany.

Bryttany f English (Modern)
Variant of Brittany.

Bubba m English, Popular Culture
From the nickname, a Southern U.S. corruption (nursery form?) of the word brother. This is a derogatory slang term meaning "Southern white hick", originally used in the Southern states to indicate "brother".

Bubbah m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Bubba.

Bubby m English (Rare)

Buchanan m Scottish, English (American, Rare)
From the surname Buchanan. A fictional bearer is the Marvel Comics character James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes.

Buckland m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Buckland.

Bucklee m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Buckley.

Buckley m English
Transferred use of the surname Buckley 1.

Buckminster m English (American)
Transferred use from the placename Buckminster in England.... [more]

Budd m English (American)
Short form of Buddy. In American culture Bud, Budd, and Buddy were often as a nickname for a son named for his father to avoid name confusion. It later became used as an independent name.

Buddi m English (American, Modern)
A variation of Buddy and Buddie

Buel m English
Variant of Buell.

Buelah f English
Variant of Beulah.

Buell m English
Transferred use of the surname Buell.

Buffi f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Buffy.

Buford m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Buford.

Bug m & f English
A popular unisex nickname between 1920-1935, based on the slang term "bugsy" meaning "crazy."

Bugafer f & m English (American, Americanized, Rare, ?)
The name Bugafer refers to a very obscure legend called "Keeper of the silver-eyed crow"... [more]

Bula f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Beulah.

Bumblebee m & f Popular Culture, English (Rare)
The name of several fictional characters, including a Marvel comics superhero, Transformers character, and The Simpsons character.

Bunk m English
Transferred use of the surname Bunk.

Bunker m English
Transferred from the surname Bunker.

Bunnie f English
Variant of Bunny.

Bunnye f English
Variant spelling of Bunny.

Bunty f Scots, English
Originally an English and Scottish term of endearment derived from Scots buntin "plump, short and stout" referring to a plump child (possibly with the intended meaning of "good healthy baby" or "dear little one")... [more]

Burchell m English (Rare), Popular Culture (Modern)
From the English surname Burchell, which is derived from the village of Birkehill (also known as Biekel or Birtle). It means "birch hill".

Burchett m English (American)

Burdessa f English (American, Rare)

Burdette m & f English (Archaic)
Possibly a diminutive of Bernadette or a variant of the traditionally French and English surname Burdette derived from a pet form of the Old French personal name Burdo.

Burdie f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Birdie.

Burdine f English (Rare), Popular Culture
Possibly derived from the English surname Burdine. A famous bearer of this name is Burdine Maxwell from the Bratz TV series which ran from 2005 to 2008... [more]

Buren m English
Transferred use of the place name Buren.

Burgess m English
Transferred use of the surname Burgess.

Buried-sence m English (Puritan)

Burkely m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Berkeley.

Burkley m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Berkeley.

Burl m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Burl. Notable namesake is actor and singer Burl Ives.

Burla f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Burl.

Burleigh m English
Variant of Burley.

Burley m English
Transferred use of the surname Burley.

Burma f English (American)
This name was sporadically used in the American South in the early 20th-century. Perhaps it is just a transferred use of the place name.

Burn m English (Rare)

Burnell m English
Transferred use of the surname Burnell.

Burnett m English
Transferred use of the surname Burnett.

Burnetta f English (American, Rare)
Feminine form of Burnett.

Burnette f & m English (American)
Feminine form and variant of Burnett.

Burnice m & f English (American)
Variant of Berenice.

Burnie m English
Variant of Burney.

Burns m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Burns 1.

Burny m English, Dutch (Rare)
Variant of Berny (in which case the spelling is more phonetical) and Burney.... [more]

Burr m English (Rare)

Burrel m English
Variant of Burrell.

Burrell m English
Transferred use of the surname Burrell.

Burtie m English
Diminutive of Burton.

Burty m English
Short form of Burton.

Bush m English
Transferred use of the surname Bush.

Bushrod m English (American)
Given name from surname of Medieval English origin—locational from a so called 'lost' village, likely to have been situated in Dorset, England. Surname Bushrod derives from the Old English 'bysc', a bushy thicket, with 'rod', a clearing in a forest.

Butch m English (American)

Butler m English
From the surname Butler.

Butterfly f English (Modern)
Used to invoke the brilliantly-colored winged insect, which is widely seen as a symbol of metamorphosis, renewal, and rebirth, as well as one of youth and beauty. This is the birth name of a noted Australian folk singer, Butterfly Boucher, among others.

Button m English
The name of Button Gwinnett, one of the signatories (first signature on the left) on the United States Declaration of Independence.

Buzzie m English (American)
Variant of Buzzy.

Byllie f English (Rare)
Variant spelling of Billie, or a diminutive of Sibyl.

Byndi f English (American)
Variant of Bindi.

Byntli f English (American)
Alternate Spelling of Bentley

Bynum m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname.

Byra f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Byron. This was borne by Byra Louise 'Puck' Whittlesey (1922-1988), the wife of Jack Hemingway, daughter-in-law of Ernest Hemingway and mother of actresses Mariel Hemingway and Margaux Hemingway.

Byran m English
Variant of Byron.

Byrd f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Bird or transferred use of the surname Byrd.

Byrdene f English (American, Archaic)
Elaborated form of Byrd.

Byren m English
Variant of Byron.

Byrn m English (Rare)
Variant of Byrne.

Byront m English
Likely a variant of Byron

Byrony f English

Byrum m English (Rare)
Transferred from the surname "Byrum."

Byryn m English
Variant of Byron.

Bysor m English (American)
Seen as a first name in Southern Missouri. Also has been seen as a last name. ... [more]