Boy Dog Names That Start With B

Dora's monkey best friend, and possibly the name of your cat.

This name has a nicely fragrant woodsy feel, bringing it into the nature-tree name category. Its only well-known bearer, folk singer and Oscar-winning actor Burl Ives, had the full birth certificate name of Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives — nothing compared to his two siblings named Argola and Lillburn.

Has too many slangy connotations to be considered.

If you like the Irish surname feel, there are loads of more congenial options.

Bowman has a lot of winning ingredients: an occupational surname, a cool "Bo" sound, and an archery-related meaning.

Surname of a character in Henry James' What Maisie Knew.

Another servile surname, this one connected to the go-between character in "Charlie's Angels."

This one's cutting right to the chase, but with such names as Justice and Peace on the rise, why not? And we guarantee your seven-year-old son will love it, though your 17-year-old, maybe not so much. Could be used as a middle name, as Talisa Soto and Benjamin Bratt did.

If you like the idea of King and Prince but find them too sophisticated, this might be the name for you.

Actor Pierce made both his first and last name appealing.

Norwegian city name heard much more often as a last name than a first.

Basie is a fabulous jazz name to honor the Count, whose birth name was William, the influential pianist, organist, bandleader and composer who led his band for almost fifty years.

One of the more unfamiliar Nordic choices, a perfect set-up for the nickname Brody.

This Welsh surname might be an interesting alternative to the popular Evan, though that Bev beginning conjures up a fifty-five-year-old woman named Beverly.

Belden is a little-used surname-name that might work in this age of Belles.

With its slightly cocky feel, this well-used surname is not often heard as a first.

A slow and sultry southern choice that's definitely cool for babies of either gender.