Meanings of Names
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| Name | Other variations | Origin | Meaning |
| Baldwin | Teutonic | Bold friend | |
| Baptist | Greek | Purifier | |
| Barbara | Bab, Babs | Greek | Stranger |
| Bardolph | Teutonic | Bright wolf | |
| Barnabas | Barny | Hebrew | Son of exhortation |
| Barnard | See Bernard | Teutonic | See Bernard |
| Barny | See Barnabas | Teutonic | See Barnabas |
| Barry | Irish | A spear | |
| Bartholomew | Bartlemy, Bart | Hebrew | Son of Talmai, Brotherly |
| Basil | Greek | Kingly | |
| Beatrice | Beattie, Beatty, Trix, Trixie | Latin | Giving happiness |
| Becky | See Rebecca | Hebrew | See Rebecca |
| Bedelia | See Bridget | Celtic | See Bridget |
| Bell | See Arabella | Latin | See Arabella |
| Benedict | Benedick Bennet | Latin | Blessed |
| Benjamin | Ben, Benny | Hebrew | Son of the right hand |
| Berenice | Bernice | Greek | Bringing victory |
| Bernard | Barney, Bernadette (f) | Teutonic | Bold as a bear |
| Bert | Bertie, See Albert | Teutonic | See Albert |
| Bertha | Bertie, Berty | Teutonic | Beautiful, Bright, Famous |
| Bertram | Bert | Teutonic | Bright raven |
| Beryl | Greek | From the precious stone | |
| Bess | Bessie, Beth, Betsy | Hebrew | See Elizabeth |
| Bethia | Hebrew | Daughter of Jehovah | |
| Beulah | Hebrew | Married | |
| Biddy | See Bridget | Celtic | See Bridget |
| Bill | See William | Teutonic | See William |
| Blanche | Blanch | Teutonic | White |
| Blodwen | Welsh | White flower | |
| Bob | Bobby | Teutonic | See Robert |
| Boris | Russian | A fighter | |
| Brenda | (O.N) | A sword | |
| Brian | Bryan | Celtic | Strong |
| Bridget | Biddy | Celtic | Strength |
| Bronwen | Welsh | Pure heart | |
| Bruce | Teutonic | From the surname | |
| Bruno | Teutonic | Brown |
