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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.

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

Bachicha m Spanish (Rare)
Diminutive of Bautista.

Badillo m Mexican

Bairon m Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Bayron.

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

Baldomera f Spanish (Rare), Polish (Archaic)
Feminine form of Baldomero (Spanish) or Baldomer (Polish).

Baleria f Spanish (Latin American, Rare), American (Hispanic, Rare)
Variant of Valeria reflecting the Spanish pronunciation of the name.

Baltasara f Spanish (Rare), Galician (Rare)
Feminine form of Baltasar.

Baltazara f Spanish (Latin American)
Feminine form of Baltazar.

Balti m Spanish
Short form of Baltasar.

Balvina f Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Balbina.

Banesa f Spanish (Rare), Aragonese
Variant of Vanesa, also an Aragonese form.

Banessa f Spanish (Rare)

Báquides m Spanish (Rare)
Spanish form of Bacchides.

Barandán m Spanish (Archaic)
Variant of Brendán.

Baraquiel m Portuguese, Spanish
Spanish and Portuguese form of Barachiel.

Barbaciano m Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Spanish form of Barbatianus.

Barbada f Spanish, Catalan
Cognate of Barbata.

Barbarela f Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Variant of Barbarella.

Barbarita f Spanish
Spanish diminutive of Bárbara.

Barbo m Spanish

Bardomiano m Spanish (Mexican, Rare)
Spanish form of Bardomianus. This name is borne by retired Mexican soccer player Bardomiano Viveros (1951-).

Bardón m Spanish
Spanish form of Bardo.

Barsanufio m Spanish, Italian
Spanish form of Barsanuphius, and Italian variant form of Barsanofio.

Barsilai m Spanish (Archaic)

Bartimeo m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Bartimaeus.

Barto m Dutch, Spanish
Short form of Bartholomew.

Bartola f Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Feminine form of Bartolo, itself a short form of Bartolomé.

Baruj m Jewish (Hispanicized, Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Possibly a variant of Baruch. A notable bearer was Venezuelan immunologist Baruj Benacerraf (1920-2011), who was of Sephardi Jewish heritage.

Baselisa f Spanish (Rare)
Variant of Basilisa.

Basileo m Galician (Archaic), Spanish (Archaic)
Galician form of Basileios.

Basilia f Anglo-Norman, Medieval English, Spanish, Spanish (Latin American), German (Rare), Italian (Rare), Romani (Archaic)
Feminine form of Basil 1 via its latinized form Basilius. This was borne by an obscure early saint. As an English name it has long been obsolete, but was much used in the Middle Ages; perhaps a reference to Saint Veronica as Basilia in the medieval Mors Pilati (Death of Pilate) was responsible for the name's popularity.

Basílides m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Basileides (see Basilides).

Basilisa f Georgian (Archaic), Spanish, Galician
Georgian and Spanish form of Basilissa.

Basilisco m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Basiliscus (see Basiliskos).

Bastían m Icelandic, Spanish
Icelandic and Spanish form of Bastian.

Bastián m Spanish (Rare), Galician (Rare)
Truncated form of Sebastián.

Bastina f French, Spanish (Rare)

Batilde f Italian (Rare), Portuguese (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of Bathilda.

Baudelia f Spanish (Mexican)

Bayardo m Spanish
Spanish form of Bayard used by Gabriel García Márquez for a character in his novella 'Chronicle of a Death Foretold' (1981).

Bayron m Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish form of Byron, reflecting the English pronunciation.

Beato m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Galician
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician form of Beatus and masculine form of Beata.

Beda f & m Swedish, Italian, Spanish, Finland Swedish, Finnish
Form of Bede in various languages. Beda is a feminine name in Sweden and Finland.

Bego f Spanish
Short form of Begoña.

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.

Bel f Galician, Spanish (Rare)
Truncated form of Sabela and Isabel.

Bela f Georgian, Spanish, Portuguese
Georgian short form of Izabela as well as a Spanish and Portuguese short form of Isabela. Also compare the Portuguese adjective bela meaning "beautiful".... [more]

Belarmina f Galician, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Feminine form of Belarmino.

Belarmino m Spanish, Galician, Portuguese
Spanish, Galician and Portuguese form of Bellarmino, the original Italian surname of Saint Roberto Bellarmine (1542-1621), a cardinal who is regarded as a Doctor of the Church... [more]

Beli f Spanish
Diminutive of Isabel.

Belica f Spanish
Diminutive of Isabel.

Belicia f Spanish (Rare), American (Hispanic, Rare), American (Rare)

Belisario m Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Spanish and Italian form of Belisarius.

Belissa f Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian), American (Hispanic)
Variant of Belisa.

Belkis f Spanish (Latin American), Spanish, Spanish (Caribbean)
Spanish borrowing of Bilqis. Bearers of this name include the late Cuban artist Belkis Ayón (1967-1999) and Cuban-American writer Belkis Cuza Malé (1942-).

Belkys f Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Rare)
Variant of Belkis.

Bella f Spanish
Means "beautiful, fair; lovely" in Spanish, taken from the titles of the Virgin Mary, La Virgen de la Bella and Nuestra Señora de la Bella, meaning "The Virgin of the Beautiful" and "Our Lady of the Beautiful" respectively.... [more]

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.

Bello m Medieval Italian, Spanish
Short form of Jacobello or other names ending in bello. It is also associated with the Italian word meaning "beautiful, handsome".

Belona f Lithuanian, Spanish, Portuguese
Lithuanian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Bellona.

Beltrán m Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Bertram or Bertrand. It is sometimes given in reference to the 16th-century Spanish saint Louis Bertrand (known as Luis Beltrán in Spanish), a Dominican friar who preached in South America; he is called the "Apostle to the Americas".

Benancio m Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Venancio.

Bendición f & m Spanish (Rare)
Means "blessing" in Spanish.

Benecia f Spanish (Latin American)
Feminine form of Benicio.

Benecio m Spanish
Benecio means blessed and is from Mexico.

Benemérito m Spanish (Archaic)
From Latin benemeritus, a combination of bene ("good") and meritus ("worthy"), meaning "good deserving".

Beni m & f Spanish
Short form of Benito, Benita, Benigno and Benigna.

Benicia f Spanish
Feminine form of Benicio.

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]

Benilde f Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare), Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Benilda.

Benja m Dutch, Spanish
Diminutive of Benjamin. A known bearer of this name is the Dutch actor Benja Bruijning (b. 1983).

Benjas m Spanish
Diminutive of Benjamín.

Benón m Spanish
Spanish form of Benno.

Ber m Spanish
Diminutive of Bernardino and Bernardo.

Bere f Spanish
Diminutive of Berenice.

Berenic m Mexican (Rare), German (Rare)
Masculine form of Berenice and Berenike.... [more]

Berisuara f Spanish

Berlitz f Spanish (Latin American)

Berna m Spanish
Diminutive of Bernabe.

Berna f Spanish
Short form of Bernardina or Bernarda.

Bernabe m Spanish (Latin American, Americanized, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Filipino (Hispanicized, Rare)
Unaccented form of Bernabé used mainly in America and the Philippines. It's also used in Brazil.... [more]

Bernabea f Spanish (Rare)
Feminine form of Bernabé.

Bernabela f Spanish
Feminine form of Bernabe.

Bérnar m Spanish
Diminutive of Bernardino and Bernardo.

Bernardito m Spanish
Diminutive of Bernardo.

Bernón m Spanish
Spanish form of Berno.

Bernwardo m Italian, Spanish
Spanish form of Bernward and italian variant Bernoardo.

Bernye m & f Spanish, English
Form of Bernie.

Bero f Spanish (Latin American)
Diminutive of Verónica.

Berónica f Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Verónica.

Berta f Spanish, Spanish (Philippines)
Short form of Alberta, Roberta and other names ending in berta.

Bertilda f Louisiana Creole, Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Bertilde.

Bertilde f Louisiana Creole, French (Rare, Archaic), Spanish (Latin American, Rare), History (Hispanicized)
French variant and Spanish form of Berthilde.

Bertilia f Dutch, German, English, Spanish, Portuguese
Form of Berthild. Bertilia was the name of a 7th-century saint from Mareuil (France).

Bertín m Spanish (Rare)
In the case of Spanish singer Bertín Osborne (1954-), it is a diminutive of Norberto.

Bertrán m Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Bertrand.

Bertuino m Spanish
Spanish form of Bertwin via Latinized form Bertuinus

Bertulfo m Spanish, Italian
Spanish form of Bertulf and Italian variant of Bertolfo.

Bethzaida f American (Hispanic, Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Variant of Bethsaida.

Bethzy f Spanish (Mexican), Spanish (Latin American), American (Hispanic)
Latin American variant of Betsy. This name was brought to public attention by Bethzy Zamorano, a contestant on the Mexican reality television series Bailando por un Sueño... [more]

Beti f Spanish
Diminutive of Beatriz.

Betiana f Spanish (Latin American)
First made known and popularised by Argentine actress Betiana Blum (1939-), in this case being a mix of her given names Betty and Ana.

Betico m Spanish, Papiamento
Diminutive of Beto, as it contains the Spanish masculine diminutive suffix -ico.... [more]

Betina f Spanish
Diminutive of Beatriz.

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]

Betito m Spanish
Diminutive of Beto.

Beto m Spanish
Diminutive of Alberto and Roberto.

Betsabé f Spanish, Catalan, Hungarian
Spanish, Catalan and Hungarian form of Bathsheba.

Betsaida f Biblical (Hispanicized), Spanish (Latin American)
Derived from Betsaida, which is the Spanish form of Bethsaida, the name of two places in the New Testament. For both places, the name is either of Aramaic or Hebrew origin and means either "house of hunting" or "house of fishing"... [more]

Bettanya f Spanish (Latin American, Rare)

Bettica f Spanish (Latin American, Rare)

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.

Betzabel f Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Betsabé.

Betzabet f Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Spanish (Mexican, Rare), South American (Rare)
Variant of Betsabé.

Betzaida f Spanish (Latin American)
Variant spelling of Betsaida. This name is the most popular out of the two.... [more]

Betzaira f Spanish (Mexican)
Possibly an altered form of Betzaida, perhaps influenced by Zaira or the suffix -aira from other names (such as Yahaira or Yajaira).

Betzy f Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Betsy.

Bianco m Brazilian (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Masculine form of Bianca.

Bianna f English, Mexican (?)
In English, this is an invented based on the popular name suffix -ianna. It is also Mexican, the meaning unknown. This is the name of a news anchor on Good Morning America, Bianna Golodryga.

Biannca f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare), English (Rare)
Variant form of Bianca.

Biannka f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Variant form of Bianca.

Bibiano m Spanish
Spanish form of Vivian.

Bíbulo m Spanish
Spanish form of Bibulus.

Bictoria f Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Variant of Victoria reflecting the Spanish pronunciation.

Bienvenido m Spanish
Masculine form of Bienvenida.

Bilibaldo m Spanish (Rare)
Variant of Willibald.

Bioleta f Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Variant of Violeta.

Bismara f Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Central American (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Feminine form of Bismarck.

Bismarck m American, German (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (Latin American)
Transferred from the German surname von Bismarck.

Biviana f Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Viviana or Bibiana.

Bixidu f & m Mexican

Bizas m Bosnian, Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)
Bosnian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Byzas.

Bladimir m Spanish
Variant of Vladimir.

Blasa f Spanish
Feminine form of Blas.

Blasco m Medieval Spanish, Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Italian (Rare)
Medieval Spanish variant of Blas.

Blasina f Spanish
Feminine variant of Blasius.

Bofo m Spanish
Diminutive of Rodolfo.

Bohemundo m Spanish
Spanish form of Bohemond via Latinized form Boemundus.

Boltaire m Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Spanish variant of Voltaire. A famous bearer is ecuadorian president Lenín Moreno.

Boni m & f Spanish
Diminutive of Bonifacio and Bonifacia.

Bonito m Italian, Spanish
Italian English and Spanish forms of Bonitus.

Borombón m Spanish (Archaic)
Variant of Borondón.

Borondón m Spanish (Archaic)
Variant of Barandán.

Borquita f Spanish (Rare)
Feminine diminutive of Borja in the case of Marie Delphine Borja "Borquita" López y Angula de la Candelaria, daughter of New Orleans serial killer Delphine LaLaurie.

Botánica f Spanish
From the Spanish word botánica which translates to “botany” or “plant store”.

Botulfo m Spanish
Spanish form of Botulf.

Brainer m Mexican, South American

Braitón m Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Likely a Hispanicised form of Brighton.

Brandano m Italian (Archaic), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Italian and Spanish form of Brendan via its medieval Latin form Brandanus.

Brandón m Spanish
Spanish form of Brando.

Brandye f Spanish
Spanish form of Brandy.

Brasil m Spanish
"brazil"

Braulia f Spanish (Rare), Spanish (Latin American), Galician
Feminine form of Braulio.

Braulio m Spanish, Galician
Apparently derived from Germanic brahuila meaning "bright, radiant" - with one source saying that it is etymologically related to Old High German brand or brant "sword". However, I am not sure how much stock should be put into that, since it seems like its pronunciation would be akin to brilla (BREEL-lah), which makes it look suspiciously close to the Italian verb brillare "to shine, to sparkle" and ultimately comes from berillus, a latinized form of Greek beryllos... [more]

Brazos m Spanish (Rare)
Either transferred use of the surname Brazos or from a Spanish word meaning "arms".

Brendalí f Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Spanish form of Brendalee.

Brendalis f Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Glendalis.

Brendán m Irish, Spanish (Rare)
Irish variant of Brendan as well as one of the Spanish forms of the name.

Brendano m Italian (Archaic), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Italian and Spanish form of Brendan via its medieval Latin form Brendanus.

Breyda f Spanish (Latin American, Rare)

Brianda f Medieval Jewish, Medieval Catalan, Judeo-Catalan (Archaic), Medieval Italian, Spanish (Mexican), Spanish (Caribbean), Dutch (Rare), Galician
Not available.

Briceida f Medieval Catalan, Medieval Spanish, Spanish
Form of Briseis.

Bricia f Spanish (Mexican)
Feminine form of Bricio (compare Brizia). This name coincides with the name of a town in Castile and León, Spain.

Bricio m Spanish, American (Hispanic)
Spanish form of Bricius. It can also be a short form of Fabricio.

Brigith f Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Brigit.

Brillante m Spanish, Filipino
Means "brilliant, sparkly, gemstone" in Spanish. A notable bearer was Brillante Mendoza (1960-), a Filipino independent film director.

Brimarlo m Spanish

Brined f Mexican

Brisa f Spanish
Previously 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).

Briselda f Spanish (Mexican), Spanish (Caribbean)
Likely a blend of Briseida, Brígida, or Bricio with Griselda.

Brisenia f Spanish (Mexican)
This given name is probably a combination of Briseida or Brigida with any name ending in -enia or -senia (depends on which name is used for the first part of the name), such as Eugenia and Yesenia.

Briseo m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Briseus.

Briseyda f Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Briseida.

Britani f English (American, Rare), Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Brittany.

Brithany f Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish variant of Brittany. This name ranked #8 in Ecuador in 2014.

Brizeida f Spanish (Latin American)

Brizia f Medieval Italian, Italian (Rare), Spanish (Mexican, Rare)
Feminine form of Latin Bricius.

Bronislao m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Bronisław via Latinized form Bronislaus.

Brucelí m Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Spanish variant of Brucelee, mainly used in Peru.

Brugués f Spanish (Rare)
Spanish form of Bruguers.

Bruslee m Spanish (Caribbean), Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Brucelee, mainly used in Nicaragua (particularly the North Caribbean Autonomous Region) and Peru.

Bruslí m Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Variant of Brucelí.

Bruto m Galician, Italian, Spanish
Galician, Italian and Spanish form of Brutus.

Bryssa f Spanish (Mexican, Rare)
Variant of Brisa.

Buena f Spanish, Judeo-Spanish
Means "good" in Judeo-Spanish.

Buensuceso f & m Spanish (Rare), Filipino (Rare)
From a Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora del Buen Suceso, meaning "Our Lady of the Good Event," referring to the Purification of Mary and the Presentation of Jesus.... [more]

Bueyo f Spanish (Rare)
From the Marian title Virgen de Bueyo, patron saint of Albelda de Iregua (La Rioja). The name Bueyo comes from a small settlement in the vicinity where oxherding was common (cf. Spanish buey "ox").

Bulmaro m Spanish (Mexican)
Variant of Vulmaro, which is a Spanish form of Wulmar. This is used mainly in Mexico.

Burcardo m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian Spanish and Portuguese form of Burchard.

Burgo f Spanish (Rare)
From the Marian titles Virgen del Burgo and Nuestra Señora del Burgo, venerated in Alfaro (La Rioja). The original church was erected outside the walls, and later reconstructed within them... [more]

Burgundófora f Spanish (Archaic)
Spanish form of Burgundofara.