Neutral names starting with B

An alphabetical list of neutral names starting with B, continued from the names page, which see for more information. In English-speaking countries, some of the most familiar such names include Bailey, Bernie, and Billie, but there are many more. Previous page: neutral names starting with A. Next page: neutral names starting with C.

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Baako. West African, Akan. Meaning "First born child." Keywords: birth

Babe. 1. English, an epithet of affection. 2. English. Pet form of Barbara. Feminine. 3. American. Pet name for athletes, from the time of Babe Ruth. Keywords: affection, youth

Baby. English. Meaning "Baby." Keywords: affection, youth

Baden. German. Meaning "Bather." Keywords: elements, water

Badr (بدر). Arabic. Meaning "Full moon." Keywords: nature, sky, space, magic

Bae. American. Meaning a term of endearment. Keywords: affection

Baez. Spanish. Derived from a Greek name Pelagios, meaning "Open sea." Keywords: elements, places, water

Bagheera. Indian. Meaning "Tiger-like." Keywords: animals, nature, power

Bahaar. Persian. Meaning "Spring of life, prime of life, youth." Keywords: strength, youth

Bahula. Hindi. Meaning "Abundant." Keywords: abundance, fortune, luck, wealth

Bai. Chinese. Meaning "white, pure" (白) or "one hundred, many" (百). Keywords: abundance, colours

Bailey. English. Meaning "Bailiff" or "Steward." Variants include Bailee and Baileigh. Keywords: occupations, trades

Baker. English. From the family name. Keywords: food, occupations, trades

Bakul or Bakula. Hindi. Meaning "Resembling a crane" or "Blossom." Keywords: animals, nature, plants

Bala (बल). Hindi. Meaning "Young." Keywords: age, youth

Baldwin. German. From a surname meaning "brave, bold friend." Keywords: affection, power, virtue

Bali. Swahili. Meaning "On the contrary." Keywords: mischief

Ballad. English. Meaning "Song." Keywords: entertainment, music

Ballentine. English. Meaning "Strength, valor." Keywords: power, strength, virtue

Ballou. American. Meaning "dancing ball." Keywords: dancing, entertainment, music

Bamba. Swahili. Meaning "Advice." Keywords: virtue, wisdom

Bambi or Bambie. English. From Italian "Bambino," meaning "Child." Keywords: affection, age, youth

Bamidele. African, Yoruba. Meaning "Follow me home."

Banan. Arabic. Meaning "Fingertips." Keywords: appearance

Bandana. Spanish. Meaning "Head wrap." Keywords: appearance, clothing

Bandile. Zulu, Xhosa, and Ndebele. Meaning "They have increased." Keywords: abundance

Bandit. American. Meaning "Thief." Keywords: mischief, occupation, trades, vice

Bane. English. meaning "Cause of distress or annoyance." Keywords: mischief, vice

Banks. English. Meaning "Edge of the river." Keywords: elements, nature, places, water, wealth

Banji. African, swahili. Meaning "Second born of twins." Keywords: birth, youth

Banner. American. Meaning "Flag."

Bansi. Hindi. Meaning "Whistle, flute, melodious." Keywords: beauty, entertainment, music

Bao. Chinese. Meaning "treasure, precious" (宝) or "praise" (褒). Keywords: abundance, wealth

Barakah. Arabic. Meaning "White one." Keywords: appearance, colours

Bardot. French. From the surname.

Bardou. German. Meaning "axe and wolf," or "axe-wielding wolf." A variant of Bardolf. Other variations include Bardolph, Bardawulph, Bardawolph, Bardoul, Bardawolf, and Bardo. Keywords: animals, battle, magic, mischief, music, nature, power, strength

Barkhad. Arabic. Meaning "Blessings." Keywords: fortune, luck

Barr. Irish Gaelic. Meaning "Fair haired." Other neutral variants include Barri. Keywords: appearance, colours

Barra. 1. Hebrew. Variant of Bara. Meaning "To choose." Feminine. 2. Irish Gaelic. Short form of Fionnbarra. Meaning "fair-headed." Keywords: appearance, colours

Barran. Gaelic. Meaning "Little top."

Barras. English. Meaning "Tradesman." Keywords: occupation, trades

Barrett. German. Meaning "Bear-like," or "Strong like a bear." Keywords: animals, battle, nature, power, strength

Barry. Gaelic. Meaning "Fair-haired." Keywords: appearance, colours

Bates. English. Meaning "Son of Bartholomew," itself a surname meaning "Furrowed." Bates was a family name that came to be used as a given name for boys and girls. Keywords: appearance

Batu. Mongolian. Meaning "Loyal." Keywords: personality, virtue

Baucis. Greek. Meaning another name for the Greek god Dionysus. Keywords: magic, spirituality

Bay. English. Meaning "Sea inlet." Keywords: elements, nature, places, water

Bayen. English. Meaning "From Ban." Keywords: places

Bayle. American. Meaning "Beautiful." Keywords: appearance, beauty

Baylee. Variant of Bailey, which see.

Baylor. English (Anglo-Saxon). Meaning "Horse trainer." Keywords: animals, occupations, trades

Bayou. Native American. Meaning "Slow, small stream." Keywords: elements, nature, places, water

Baz. Gaelic. Meaning "Spear." Keywords: battle

Beach. English. Meaning "Beach." Keywords: earth, elements, nature, places, water

Beagan. Scottish. Meaning "Small." Keywords: affection, youth

Bean. English. Meaning "Bean farmer." Keywords: earth, farming, food, occupations, trades

Beau. French. Meaning "Beautiful." Keywords: appearance, beauty

Beaumont. French. Meaning "Beautiful mountain." Keywords: beauty, earth, nature, places

Beckett. English. Meaning "Dweller by the brook." Keywords: elements, nature, places, water

Bede. English. Meaning "Saint of scholars." Keywords: wisdom

Bee. English. Meaning "Bee," or a short form of many names starting with B. Keywords: animals, nature

Beecher. English. Meaning "Dweller by the beech tree." Keywords: earth, elements, forest, nature, plants

Behitha. Native American, Ahahneenin (White Clay). Meaning "Eagle child." Keywords: animals, nature

Beige. American. Meaning "Light brown." Keywords: colours

Bel. Hindi. Meaning "Sacred wood."

Belen. Spanish. Meaning "Bethlehem" or "House of bread."

Bell. English. Meaning "Beautiful." Keywords: appearance, beauty

Bellamy. French. Meaning "Good friend." Keywords: affection

Benen. English. Meaning "Kind, benevolent." Keywords: personality, virtue

Bennett. Latin. Meaning "Little blessed one."

Bennie. English. Neutral short form of masculine Benjamin, feminine Benjamina, and other names containing this element.

Benning. English. From the Latin name Benedictus, meaning "blessed."

Bentley. English. Meaning "From the bent-grass field." Keywords: earth, nature, places, plants

Beres. Hebrew. Meaning "Birch tree." Keywords: earth, nature, places, plants

Berhane. Amharic. Meaning "My light."

Berkeley. English. Meaning "From the birch wood." Keywords: earth, nature, places, plants

Bern, Berne, Bernie, Berni, or Berny. English. Short for masculine names Bernard, feminine names Bernadette, Bernice, and so on. Bernard is a French name meaning "Brave" or "Bold as a bear." Keywords: animals, courage, virtue

Berry. 1. English. Meaning "Berry." Feminine. 2. English. Variant of Barry, meaning "Fair-headed." Keywords: appearance

Berta. Africa, Ethiopia, Amharic. Meaning "To be strong, relentless." Keywords: strength, personality, virtue

Bertie, Berti, or Berty. English and German. Short for many masculine and feminine names containing "bert," such as Albert, Alberta, Bertha, Herbert, Robert, Roberta, and so on.

Beverley or Beverly. Old English. From a family name based on a place name, meaning "Beaver stream." Keywords: animals, nature, water

Bhadra. Hindi. Meaning "Blessed, prosperous, fortunate." Keywords: fortune

Bhavya. Sanskrit. Meaning "Auspicious, suitable, excellent." Keywords: fortune

Bidaban. Native American, Ojibwa. Meaning "Beginning of dawn."

Bienne. American. From the initials "B.N."

Bijou or Bijoux. French. Meaning "Jewel." Keywords: wealth

Bill, Billi, Billie, or Billy. Short for William, Wilhelmina, and so on.

Binder. English. Meaning "Book binder." Keywords: literature, trades, wisdom

Bình (平). Sino-Vietnamese. Meaning "Peace". Keywords: virtue

Birch. English. Meaning "Birch tree." Keywords: earth, nature, places, plants

Bird or Byrd. English. Meaning "Bird." Keywords: animals, nature

Bison or Byson. American. Meaning "Wild ox." Keywords: animals, nature

Blaine. Scottish. Meaning "Yellow." Keywords: colours

Blair, Blær, Blaer, or Blaire. Scottish, English, Gaelic. From a family name meaning "Plain, field, battlefield." Keywords: nature, places, war, history

Blaise. French. Meaning "Limping." Keywords: appearance

Blake. English. Meaning "Blond" or "Dark." Keywords: colours

Blakeley or Blakely. English. Meaning "Dark forest." Keywords: colours, fantasy, nature, places

Blakeney. English. Meaning "From the black island." Keywords: colours, nature, places

Blaque. American. Invented name derived from "Black." Keywords: colours

Blawd. Welsh. Meaning "Flowers." Keywords: nature, plants

Blaze. English. Meaning "Flame." Keywords: elements, fantasy, fire, magic

Bliss. English. Meaning "Perfect joy." Keywords: emotions, happiness

Blue. English. Meaning "The colour blue." Variants include Blu. Keywords: colours

Blum. German, Yiddish, and Swedish. Meaning "Bloom" or "Flower." Keywords: nature

Blyth or Blythe. English. Meaning "Joyful." Keywords: emotions, happiness

Bo. 1. Short for many masculine, feminine, and unisex names. 2. (波). Chinese. Meaning "sea" or "waves." Unisex. 3. Romani. Meaning "Colonist, settler." Masculine. 4. Swedish. Meaning "Householder." Masculine. Keywords: nature, water

Bob, Bobbi, Bobbie, or Bobby. English. Short for the masculine name Robert, feminine names Barbara and Roberta, and unisex name Robin. Robert and its variations mean "Bright Fame."

Bodhi. Hindi. Meaning "Understanding of true nature," and an important concept in Buddhism. Keywords: religion, spirituality

Bodie. German. From the family name Bode, meaning "Messenger." Keywords: occupations, trades

Bogart. English. From the family name, meaning "Orchard worker." Keywords: farming, occupations, trades

Boinedal. Native American, Ga'igwu (Kiowa) nation. Meaning "Big blond." Keywords: colours

Boipelo. South African, Tswana. Meaning "Proud." Keywords: emotions

Boitumelo. South African, Tswana. Meaning "Joy." Keywords: emotions

Bolivia. English. From the place name.

Bon. French. Meaning "Good."

Bonaventure. Italian. Meaning "Good luck."

Bonde. Swahili. Meaning "Valley."

Borna. Croatian. Meaning "Fight, battle." Keywords: war

Bouvier. French. Meaning "Cow-shed worker." Keywords: animals, farm, trades

Bracken. 1. Gaelic. From the family name Breacain, meaning "Descendant of Breacain." 2. A kind of fern. Keywords: nature, forest, plants

Braddock. English. From a family name meaning "Dweller by the broad oak." Keywords: nature, plants, trees, home

Brady. Irish. From a family name meaning "Descendant of Bradach." Variants include Braidy.

Bradlee or Bradley. English. Meaning "Broad forest" or "Broad meadow."

Braith. Welsh. From the word brith, meaning "diversely-colored," especially black and white, or red and white.

Branch. English. Meaning "A branch of a tree." Keywords: nature, plants

Brandyn. English. Meaning "Hill covered with broom," or "Prince."

Brantley. English. Meaning "Fire brand," "field," or a combination of the names Brant and Lee.

Branxton. English. Meaning "Bracca's town."

Braon. Irish. Meaning "Teardrop." Keywords: emotions

Brasen or Brazen. English. Meaning "Bold."

Braudy. Variant of Brody, which see.

Bravery. English. Meaning "Courage."

Brayden. Irish. Variants include Braden, Bradyn, Braeden, Braiden, and Braydon.

Brazil. Spanish. A kind of wood, and a country in South America. Keywords: forest, nature, places, plants, trees

Brean. English. Meaning "Noble, strong." Keywords: virtue

Brecht. Dutch. Meaning "Bright." Keywords: virtue

Breck, Brecken, or Breckin. Irish and Welsh. Meaning "Freckled." Keywords: appearance

Brede. Irish. Meaning "Exalted," based on Bridget.

Breen. Irish. Meaning "Sadness."

Brein. Irish. Meaning "Fairy palace."

Breindel. Hebrew. Meaning "Blessing."

Brencis. Slavic. Meaning "Crowned with laurel."

Brend. Norse. Meaning "Sword blade."

Brennan. Irish, Gaelic. Meaning "Teardrop," "Descendant of Braonan," or "Raven-like." Keywords: emotions, sadness

Brenner. German. Meaning "Charcoal burner." Keywords: fire

Brentley. English. Meaning "From the place by the hill."

Brett. English. Meaning "From Brittany," "A Breton."

Brevyn. American. A created name.

Brewer or Brewster. English. Meaning "One who brews beer."

Bri. Irish. Meaning "Strong, honorable." Also the pet form of other names containing or beginning with "Bri."

Briann. Irish. Meaning "Strong, honorable."

Briar or Brier. English. Meaning "Thorny plant." Keywords: nature, plants

Bricen. Welsh. Meaning "Son of Brice."

Bridge. English. Meaning "Bridge." Keywords: water

Briggs. English. From a Scottish family name meaning "Dweller by the bridge." Keywords: water

Brilane. English. Meaning "From Brigham Lane."

Brilee, Brileigh, or Briley. 1. Irish. Meaning "Descendant of Roghallach," or "Woodland, meadow." 2. American. A created name made from the names Brian and Leigh.

Brilliant. American. Meaning "To sparkle" or "Intelligent."

Brin. Welsh. Variant of Bryn, which see.

Brindle. Scandinavian. Meaning "Black and tan color combination," particularly of animal fur.

Brinkley. English. Meaning "From Brinca's field."

Brinly. English. Meaning "Burnt meadow." Variants include Brinlea, Brinlee, and Brinley. Keywords: nature, war

Brishen. Romani. Meaning "Born during rain."

Bristol. English. From a place name meaning "Bridge," or "Site of the bridge."

Brit. English, Irish, and Scandinavian. Meaning "Exalted," from Brigit. Also a nickname for names such as Brittany.

Britain. English. Meaning "From Great Britain."

Britton. English. Meaning "From Brittany."

Brocky. Native American, Blackfoot nation. Meaning "Tail feathers coming over the hill."

Brodie or Brody. Scottish. From the name of a Scottish castle.

Brogan. Irish Gaelic. From a family name, meaning "Descendant of Brógán," hence "Little shoe." The name of several Irish saints. Keywords: clothing, religion, trades

Brone. Gaelic. Meaning "Sorrow."

Bronte or Brontë. English. From a family name, meaning "Descendent of Proinnteach," or "Thunder."

Bronwyn. Welsh. Meaning "White breast."

Bronx. American. From the place name, named after a settler named Jonas Bronck. Keywords: places, history, geography, city

Brook, Brooke, or Brooks. English. Meaning "Stream." Keywords: nature, water

Brooklee. American. Created from the names "Brook" and "Lee." Keywords: nature, water

Brooklyn. American. From the place name. Keywords: geography, places, history, city

Bryce. English. Meaning "Speckled." Keywords: colours

Bryn, Bryne, or Brynn. Welsh. Meaning "Hill." Other variants include Brin. Keywords: nature, places

Bryton. Variant of Britton, which see.

Buana. Indonesian. Meaning "Earth." Keywords: nature, elements, magic, science, space

Buenaventura. Spanish. Meaning "Good tidings." Keywords: luck

Buhle. Southern African, Xhosa and Ndebele. Meaning "Beautiful, handsome."

Bunny. English. Meaning "Little rabbit."

Burçin. Turkish. Meaning "Hind, doe." Keywords: nature, forest, animals, deer

Businge. Eastern African, Kiga. Meaning "Peace."

Butch. American. Meaning "Manly" or "Butcher," but used for boys and girls. Keywords: queer, masculine

Burgundy. English. Meaning "The Burgundy region of France," or "A shade of purple."

Buruji. Swahili. Meaning "Castle, battlement."

Bustan. Aramaic and Hebrew. Meaning "Orchard" or "Garden."

Busu. Swahili. Meaning "Kiss."

Buyu. Swahili. Meaning "Calabash."