List of Baby Names for Boys Starting with B

Bryan

(BRIE-ən)

Origin and meaning. The given name Brian is a variant of the given name Bryan. This name is thought to be derived from an Old Celtic language word meaning "high", or "noble".

Meaning: Noble man Origin: Irish

Brynjar

(BRIN-yahr)

Derived from the Old Norse elements bryn "armour" and arr "warrior".

Meaning: Warrior in armor Origin: Norwegian, Old Norse

Buchanan

(BYOOK-ən-ən)

A habitational or geographical surname meaning who came from the district of Buchanan in Stirlingshire, a location near Loch Lomond in Scotland. The place name is thought to derive from the Gaelic elements buth, meaning "house" and chanain, meaning "of the canon."

Meaning: Canon house Origin: Gaelic

Buckminster

(BUK-mins-tər)

Gender: M Meaning of Buckminster: "monastery where deer dwell" Origin of Buckminster: English.

Meaning: A goatherd's monastery Origin: English

Bulut

(BOO-lut)

Meaning of name Bulut. Etymology : Means "cloud" in Turkish. Saint : Origin : Turkish.

Meaning: Cloud Origin: Turkish

Bunyan

(BUN-yən)

Bunyan Name Meaning. English (Bedfordshire): nickname for someone disfigured by a lump or hump, from a diminutive of Old French bugne 'swelling', 'protuberance'. The term bugnon was also applied to a kind of puffed-up fruit tart, and so the surname may also have been a metonymic occupational name for a baker of these.

Meaning: A maker of patties Origin: English, French

Burke

(BURK)

Burke Name Meaning. Irish (of Anglo-Norman origin): habitational name from Burgh in Suffolk, England. This is named with Old English burh 'fortification', 'fortified manor'. Norwegian: Americanized form of Børke, a habitational name from any of eight farms in southeastern Norway, named with Old Norse birki 'birch wood' ...

Meaning: From a fortress Origin: English, Germanic

Burnell

(burn-EL)

The name Burnell is an Irish baby name. In Irish the meaning of the name Burnell is: Bear; brown.

Meaning: A burnt hill Origin: English

Burns

(BURNZ)

Burns Name Meaning. Scottish and northern English: topographic name for someone who lived by a stream or streams, from the Middle English nominative plural or genitive singular of burn (see Bourne). Scottish: variant of Burnhouse, habitational name from a place named with burn 'stream' + house 'house'.

Meaning: From a stream Origin: English

Burrell

(bur-EL)

English, Scottish, and northern Irish: probably a metonymic occupational name for someone who made or sold coarse woolen cloth, Middle English burel or borel (from Old French burel, a diminutive of b(o)ure); the same word was used adjectively in the sense 'reddish brown' and may have been applied as a nickname ...

Meaning: A countryman Origin: English, French