# | Name | Origin | Meaning | Gender | |
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281 | Beortbtraed | English | Bright counselor. | F | |
282 | Berangari | English | Spearbearer maid. | F | |
283 | Berengaria | English | Spearbearer maid. | F | |
284 | Berry | English | A name derived from the fruit; also used as a diminutive of names beginning with Ber-. | F | |
285 | Berta | English | Variant of Bertha: From Old English beorht meaning bright. In use since the Norman Conquest. In World War I a German howitzer was nicknamed Big Bertha. | F | |
286 | Bertha | English | From Old English beorht meaning bright. In use since the Norman Conquest. In World War I a German howitzer was nicknamed Big Bertha. | F | |
287 | Bertilda | English | Shining battlemaid. | F | |
288 | Bertilde | English | Shining battlemaid. | F | |
289 | Bertrade | English | Bright counselor. | F | |
290 | Beryl | English | Derived from the precious stone Beryl, a gemstone of varying colors; often yellow-green. Famous references - Twentieth century British actress and comedienne Beryl Reid; The biblical eighth foundation stone of the wall of New Jerusalem was beryl. | F | |
291 | Bess | English | Diminutive of Elizabeth, meaning my god is bountiful, or god of plenty, used since the 16th century. Sometimes used as an independent name. | F | |
292 | Bessie | English | Diminutive of Elizabeth, meaning my god is bountiful, or god of plenty, used since the 16th century. Sometimes used as an independent name. | F | |
293 | Bessy | English | Diminutive of Elizabeth, meaning my god is bountiful, or god of plenty, used since the 16th century. Sometimes used as an independent name. | F | |
294 | Beta | English | Variant of Elizabeth, , meaning my god is bountiful, or god of plenty, originally derived from a central and eastern European name. | F | |
295 | Beth | English | Diminutive of Elizabeth, meaning my god is bountiful, or god of plenty, frequently used as an independent name. Beth was one of Louisa M. Alcott's heroines in her 19th century novel Little Women. | F | |
296 | Bethan | English | Origin uncertain. May be derived from the names Beth and Ann, or a diminutive of Elizabeth or Bethany. | F | |
297 | Bethiar | English | House of God. | F | |
298 | Betia | English | House of God. | F | |
299 | Betsey | English | Diminutive of Elizabeth. | F | |
300 | Betsy | English | This diminutive of Elizabeth is frequently used as an independent name. | F |