Dog Names That Start With B

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.

Gently appealing, a floral choice in Japanese.

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

Credit, of course, to the artist for inventing this secretive pseudonym, but we actually have Hilary Duff to thank for Banksy as a baby name. Banksy is Duff's nickname for her daughter Banks, born in 2018. Banksy debuted on the charts in 2020, when it was used for seven baby girls.

As dated as the old Pat Boone song.

Charming Gallic possibility but with some obvious playground problems.

Like Benita, had some popularity in the fifties.

Bright is a rare yet intriguing word name used for a female character in Ann Patchett's novel The Dutch House.

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

Toni Morrison, the modern master of literary names, made this one famous as the title character of a novel. But things didn't work out so well for that Beloved.

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

A jaunty English surname which may derive from "betony", the name of a pretty purple-flowering shrub. A famous bearer is British historian and broadcaster Bettany Hughes.

A new aspirational name with two shining meanings.

Wildly optimistic -- and unrealistic -- choice.