| B |
| Name |
Meaning |
Origin |
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Bailey | Bailiff; steward | French |
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Baird | Ballad singer | Celtic |
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Baldwin | Bold friend | Teutonic |
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Bancroft | From the bean field | Old English |
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Barclay | From the birch tree meadow | Old English |
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Barlow | From the bare hill | Old English |
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Barnabas | Son of prophecy | Hebrew |
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Barnett | Bear-like | Teutonic |
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Baron | Noble warrior | Teutonic |
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Bartco | From the barley farm | Old English |
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Bartholomew | Son of the ploughman | Hebrew |
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Basil | Kingly | Greek |
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Baxter | Baker | Old English |
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Bayard | Having red-brown hair | Teutonic |
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Beauregard | Handsome | Old English |
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Benedict | Blessed | Latin |
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Benjamin | Son of the right hand | Hebrew |
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Benson | Son of Benjamin | Hebrew |
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Benton | Of the moors | Old English |
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Berkeley | Form of Barclay | |
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Bernard | Brave bear | Teutonic |
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Bert | Bright | Teutonic |
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Bertram | Glorious raven | Teutonic |
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Bevan | Son of Evan | Celtic |
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Bjorn | Scandinavian form of Bern | Scandinavian |
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Blaine | Thin; lean | Celtic |
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Blair | From the plain | Celtic |
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Blake | Fair-haired and fair-complected | Old English |
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Blaze | Stammerer | Latin |
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Bogart | Strong as a bow | Old French |
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Bond | Tiller of the soil | Teutonic |
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Boone | Good | Old English |
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Booth | From the market stall | Teutonic |
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Borden | From the valley of the boar | Anglo-Saxon |
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Boris | Warrior | Slavic |
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Bowden | Yellow-haired | Celtic |
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Boyce | Woodland dweller | Teutonic |
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Brad | Broad | Old English |
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Braden | From the wide valley | Old English |
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Bradford | From the broad river crossing | Old English |
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Bradley | From the broad meadow | Old English |
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Bram | Raven | Irish Gaelic |
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Brandon | From the beacon hill | Teutonic |
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Brendan | Little raven | Celtic |
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Brent | Steep hill | Old English |
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" Bret, Brett" | "A Briton, or a native of Brittany" | Celtic |
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Brewster | Brewer | Old English |
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Brian | Strength; virtue | Celtic |
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Brigham | From the enclosed bridge | Old English |
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Brock | Badger | Old English |
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Broderick | Son of Roderick | Welsh |
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Bronson | Son of the dark-skinned one | Old English |
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Brooks | From the brook | Old English |
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Bruce | From the brushwood thicket | Old French |
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Bruno | Brown-haired | Teutonic |
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Bud | Messenger | Old English |
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Burgess | Citizen of a fortified town | Teutonic |
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Burke | From the fortress | Teutonic |
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Burl | Cupbearer | Old English |
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Burne | From the brook | Teutonic |
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Burton | From the fortress | Teutonic |
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Byrd | Birdlike | Old English |
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Byron | From the cottage | Teutonic |