Dog Names That Start With B

  1. Beacon
    • Origin:

      English word name
    • Meaning:

      "signal light"
    • Description:

      This word name shines bright and comes with the nickname Bea.
  2. Bettany
    • Origin:

      English surname and herb name
    • Description:

      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.
  3. Boots
    • Origin:

      English word name
    • Description:

      Dora's monkey best friend, and possibly the name of your cat.
  4. Broder
    • Origin:

      Scandinavian
    • Meaning:

      "brother"
    • Description:

      One of the more unfamiliar Nordic choices, a perfect set-up for the nickname Brody.
  5. Burt
    • Brinsley
      • Origin:

        English
      • Meaning:

        "from Brinsley"
      • Description:

        The 'ley' ending makes this British surname name ripe for consideration as a feminine girls' name. Brinsley joins such sisters as Kinsley and Tinsley.
    • Bedo
      • Origin:

        Welsh
      • Meaning:

        "great lord or sea lord"
      • Description:

        Diminutive of Welsh Maredudd, the original (masculine) form of Meredith.
    • Ballou
      • Origin:

        French
      • Meaning:

        "from Bellou"
      • Description:

        This surname-name comes with some great connotations: Addie Ballou the American feminist, Kurt Ballou — guitarist with the band Converge, or Adin Ballou — abolitionist and pacifist. It has a trendy, whimsical sound that sets it apart from more traditional surnames like Cooper, Hunter, and Archer and puts it more in the camp of the softer international names like Aaru, Bayou, and Finlo.
    • Brucey
      • Binh
        • Origin:

          Vietnamese
        • Meaning:

          "peaceful, even"
        • Description:

          Properly spelt Bình in Vietnamese, this is a very popular name for both sexes. The pronunciation is usually Anglicized as "BIN", but the middle vowel is more like the U in "burn".
      • Bayou
        • Origin:

          Nature name
        • Description:

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

          English word name
        • Meaning:

          "showing courage"
        • Description:

          A striking word name for either gender. It's a safer choice when used as a middle name.
      • Baudoin
        • Brune
          • Origin:

            French word name
          • Meaning:

            "brown"
        • Bechet
          • Origin:

            French surname
          • Description:

            Woody Allen used this name for his daughter to honor jazz hero Sidney Bechet -- and it could work for a boy as well.
        • Brazos
          • Origin:

            Spanish
          • Meaning:

            "arms; nature name"
          • Description:

            The name of a river that flows through Texas into the Gulf of Mexico is given to a dozen or so baby boys and a handful of girls each year. The name derives from Spanish río de los Brazos de Dios ("river of the Arms of God").
        • Bellow
          • Origin:

            English occupational name
          • Meaning:

            "bellows maker"
          • Description:

            Might be an honorific for novelist Saul Bellow, although bellowing is not the gentlest of sounds. Consider Saul instead.
        • Bigger
          • Origin:

            Word Name
          • Description:

            The name of the protagonist in Richard Wright's 1940 novel Native Son.
        • Baja
          • Origin:

            Spanish place-name
          • Meaning:

            "lower"
          • Description:

            Pronounced Bah-hah, this name of the Mexican peninsula attached to California makes for an out-of-the-ordinary possibility.
        • Burnet
          • Origin:

            English from French
          • Meaning:

            "brown"
          • Description:

            We don't see this one making it unless you have a compelling family reason.