American Baby Names: Usage, Style, and Cultural Context Starting With B
These are american names that start with the letter B. Use the alphabet bar to switch to a different starting letter, or view all american names.
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Recorded origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bailee | Courtyard Within Castle Walls: Steward Or Public Official. Surname Or Given N... | Female | English |
| Bailey | Steward | Male | French |
| Barbara | Stranger | Female | Greek |
| Barrett | Variant Of Barnett. | Male | English |
| Baylee | Courtyard Within Castle Walls: Steward Or Public Official. Surname Or Given N... | Female | English |
| Beau | Handsome. | Male | French |
| Beckham | Male | English | |
| Belen | Bethlehem. | Female | Spanish |
| Bella | Devoted To God | Female | Hebrew |
| Ben | Son Of Zion Or Usually Just Son | Male | Hebrew |
| Benjamin | Son Of The Right Hand. In The Bible The Patriarch Jacob's Twelfth And Most Be... | Male | Hebrew |
| Bennett | Variant Of Benedict. | Male | English |
| Benson | Variant Of Benedict. | Male | English |
| Bentley | From The Bent Grass Meadow | Male | English |
| Benton | Lives On The Moor | Male | English |
| Bethany | A Village Near Jerusalem Where Jesus Visited Mary: Martha And Lazarus. | Female | Hebrew |
| Bianca | White | Female | Italian |
| Billy | Nickname For William - Resolute Protector - Often Used As An Independent Name. | Male | English |
| Blaine | Slender | Male | Celtic |
| Blair | Child Of The Fields | Male | Gaelic |
| Blaise | Lisp: Stutter. Blaise Pascal Was A Brilliant Seventeenth Century Child Prodig... | Male | French |
| Blake | Dark: Dark-Haired. Can Also Mean The Reverse -Fair: Pale. Blakeman | Male | Scottish |
| Blakely | From The Dark Meadow | Male | English |
| Blaze | Stutters | Male | English |
| Bo | Precious | Female | Chinese |
| Bobby | Abbreviation Of Robert. | Male | English |
| Bowen | Son Of Owen | Male | Celtic |
| Braden | From The Broad Valley | Male | English |
| Bradley | From The Broad Meadow | Male | English |
| Brady | Spirited | Male | Gaelic |
| Bradyn | From The Broad Valley | Male | English |
| Braeden | Dark Valley. | Male | Celtic |
| Braelyn | Female | English | |
| Braiden | Variation Of Braden: From The Broad Valley | Male | English |
| Branden | Beacon On The Hill Or Gorse-Covered Hill. | Male | English |
| Brandon | From The Beacon Hill | Male | English |
| Branson | Variant Of Brandon. | Male | Irish |
| Brantley | Proud | Male | English |
| Braxton | Male | Anglo | |
| Brayden | Broad Hillside. | Male | English |
| Braydon | Broad Hillside. | Male | Irish |
| Braylon | Unknown | Male | English |
| Breanna | Strong. | Female | Celtic |
| Brecken | Male | English | |
| Bree | Hill. Also Abbreviation Of Brina And Breanna. | Female | Irish |
| Brenda | Little Raven Or Beacon On The Hill. Feminine Of Brendan. | Female | Irish |
| Brendan | Brave | Male | Gaelic |
| Brenden | Prince. Variant Of Brendan. | Male | Irish |
| Brendon | Prince. Variant Of Brendan. | Male | Irish |
| Brenna | Variant Of Brenda Meaning Beacon On The Hill Or Little Raven | Female | Irish |
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