Dog Names That Start With B

Popular in Poland, Moldova, Romania, and Russia, and familiar in the UK too, Bogdan is a rugged and strong sounding choice with a similar meaning to US favorite Theodore. Made up of the Slavic elements bogŭ and danŭ, it means "gift from God".

Actor Pierce made both his first and last name appealing.

Gently appealing, a floral choice in Japanese.

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

Sounds too much like buxom.

A rarely used word name that could be unexpected route to nicknames Bonnie and Betty.

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

A rowdy name nobody ever heard of, till Nick Nolte gave it to his son.

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.

As a Spanish and Portuguese name, Brayan is a variant of the Celtic Brian, familiar in Mexico, Brazil, Spain, Italy and France. As a modern invention, it blends Brayden with Bryan, tying it the to the strong meaning of Brian and the fish-related meaning of Braden.

Charming Gallic possibility but with some obvious playground problems.

Plausible music hero choice with undertones of Joan Baez's social activist folkie persona.

Unlike the feminine Blanca, this name for some reason seems to put more emphasis on the "blank" aspect.

Buckingham is an English surname, denoting one's ancestors lived in Buckinghamshire county. The place name was firstly Buccingaham, composed of the components inga, meaning "people of," and hamm, the Old English word for "water meadow." Bucc refers to an Anglo-Saxon chieftain named Bucca, who, in theory, settled the land.

Bachelor feels more like a prediction than a name.

An English surname derived from the French place name Beauvais, which in turn comes from the name of an ancient Gaulish tribe, the Bellovaci.

Pronounced Beshette, this unfamiliar French appellation sounds fresh and feminine.

What it really means: you're a "Casablanca" fan.

A name that's unusual in that changing the i to a y -- as in Byrd -- makes it more masculine.