Starting with letter B
# | Name | Origin | Meaning | Gender | |
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1781 | Brucie | English | Diminutive of Bruce: Thick brush. Surname since medieval times; now a common given name. Folklore tale of 14th century Robert King of Scotland: (the Bruce) who learned the value of perseverance from watching a spider spin a web. | M | |
1782 | Bruhier | Arabic | Name of a Sultan. | M | |
1783 | Brun | Anglo-Saxon | Brown or dark. | M | |
1784 | Brun | English | Dark skinned. | M | |
1785 | Brunelle | French | Dark haired. | M | |
1786 | Bruni | Norse | Son of Earl Harek. | M | |
1787 | Bruno | English | Dark of skin. | M | |
1788 | Bruno | German | From the Old German 'brun' meaning brown. Famous bearers: three 10th and 11th century German saints, one of whom founded the Carthusian order of monks. Used occasionally in English-speaking countries since the Middle Ages. | M | |
1789 | Bruno | Italian | Brown haired. | M | |
1790 | Bruno | Teutonic | Dark skinned. | M | |
1791 | Brunon | German | Brown. | M | |
1792 | Brunon | Polish | Brown (colour name). | M | |
1793 | Bruns | English | Variant of Bruno: Dark of skin. | M | |
1794 | Brus | Gaelic | From Bruys. | M | |
1795 | Brutus | Latin | Stupid. | M | |
1796 | Brutus | Shakespearean | 'The Tragedy of Coriolanus.' Junius Brutus, Tribune of the People. 'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar' Decius Brutus, a conspirator against Caesar. | M | |
1797 | Bryan | ArthurianLegend | Lord of Pendragon. | M | |
1798 | Bryan | Celtic | Variant of Brian: Brave; Virtuous. | M | |
1799 | Bryan | English | Brought to England by the Breton companions of William the Conqueror, this name is originally derived from the Irish word for hill. Popular variant of Brian. | M | |
1800 | Bryant | Celtic | Strong. | M |