Finnish Baby Names, Names of Finnish Origin Starting With B

These are finnish baby names that start with the letter B. Use the alphabet bar to switch to a different starting letter, or view all finnish baby names.

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Name	Meaning	Gender	Recorded origin
Bain	Lives Near The Clear Stream	Male	Gaelic
Bart	Ploughman	Male	Hebrew
Bates	Variant Of Bartholomew Often Used As A Surname.	Male	English
Beau	Handsome.	Male	French
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
Blaine	Slender	Male	Celtic
Blaze	Stutters	Male	English
Braden	From The Broad Valley	Male	English
Brett	Brit. A Native Of Brittany: (France) Or Britain: (England).	Male	English
Brigitta	Strong	Female	Celtic
Brita	Strong Or From Britain	Female	Celtic

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