English Names that Start With B
- Birtle
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"hill of birds"Description:
Brittle.
- Bassett
Origin:
English, originally a nickname for a short personDescription:
Nothing but a hound dog.
- Byatt
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"by the enclosure"Description:
For fans of the (female) author A. S. ; makes an interesting alternative to Wyatt or the hotelish Hyatt.
- Barnum
Origin:
English contraction of "baron's home"Meaning:
"baron's home"Description:
Inevitable circus association.
- Burbank
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"riverbank where burrs grow"Description:
Beautiful downtown Burbank -- about as glamorous a place-name as Akron...or Detroit.
- Burford
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"ford near the castle"Description:
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
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"dark wood or clearing"Description:
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.
- Berton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"fortified town"
- Burroughs
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"dwelling place"Description:
Most parents attracted to this name will be devotees of the author William and would be better off using it in the middle.
- Botham
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"he who lives in a broad valley"Description:
Hitting bottom.
- Beaman
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"beekeeper"Description:
This occupational choice is less appealing than such brethren as Baker and Baxter.
- Beamer
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"trumpet player"Description:
Might make a good middle name for the child of a musician, though people could think you were honoring your BMW.
- Bickford
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"axman's ford"Description:
Surname doomed to remain a surname.
- Beal
Origin:
English from FrenchMeaning:
"fair, handsome"Description:
Could be a possible and more modern, namesake for Uncle Neal.
- Burgess
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"inhabitant of a fortified town"Description:
Related to the word bourgeois; actor Burgess Meredith put this surname in first place.
- Babson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Barbara"Description:
Only if he actually is.
- Burne
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"the brook"Description:
Has a certain fiery charm.
- Burr
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"bristle"Description:
Ruggedly appealing word name in the Thorn/Rider/Storm school of boys' names.
- Birley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"meadow with the cow shed"Description:
A surname with a decidedly burley image.
- Burney
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"island of the brook"Description:
Though they sound exactly alike, this spelling makes it much more elegant than Bernie.