English Names that Start With B

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

Brittle.

Nothing but a hound dog.

Inevitable circus association.

The stuffy-sounding name of a posh medieval village in the Cotswolds, in England, that some consider one of the most beautiful small towns in Europe.

Blakeley is one of the many -ley ending surnames that is being adopted as a first name, taking the 80s unisex darling Blake into the new millennium.

Beautiful downtown Burbank -- about as glamorous a place-name as Akron...or Detroit.

This occupational choice is less appealing than such brethren as Baker and Baxter.

Hitting bottom.

Only if he actually is.

Could be a possible and more modern, namesake for Uncle Neal.

Related to the word bourgeois; actor Burgess Meredith put this surname in first place.

Surname doomed to remain a surname.

Might make a good middle name for the child of a musician, though people could think you were honoring your BMW.

Ruggedly appealing word name in the Thorn/Rider/Storm school of boys' names.

A surname with a decidedly burley image.

Most parents attracted to this name will be devotees of the author William and would be better off using it in the middle.

Has a certain fiery charm.

Though they sound exactly alike, this spelling makes it much more elegant than Bernie.