Dog Names That Start With B
- Beacon
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"signal light"Description:
This word name shines bright and comes with the nickname Bea.
- Bettany
Origin:
English surname and herb nameDescription:
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.
- Boots
Origin:
English word nameDescription:
Dora's monkey best friend, and possibly the name of your cat.
- Broder
Origin:
ScandinavianMeaning:
"brother"Description:
One of the more unfamiliar Nordic choices, a perfect set-up for the nickname Brody.
- Burt
- Brinsley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"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:
WelshMeaning:
"great lord or sea lord"Description:
Diminutive of Welsh Maredudd, the original (masculine) form of Meredith.
- Ballou
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"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:
VietnameseMeaning:
"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 nameDescription:
A slow and sultry southern choice that's definitely cool for babies of either gender.
- Brave
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"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 nameMeaning:
"brown"
- Bechet
Origin:
French surnameDescription:
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:
SpanishMeaning:
"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 nameMeaning:
"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 NameDescription:
The name of the protagonist in Richard Wright's 1940 novel Native Son.
- Baja
Origin:
Spanish place-nameMeaning:
"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 FrenchMeaning:
"brown"Description:
We don't see this one making it unless you have a compelling family reason.