Names beginning with B

Barakah

Blessing (Quranic + Umm Barakah)

Arabic/Urdu

Beatrijs

Flemish Cistercian mystic (Seven Manners of Love)

Dutch/Latin

Becky

To bind (Becky Sharp in Vanity Fair; Becky G)

English/Hebrew

Belinda

Beautiful (Belinda Carlisle, Go-Go's; Belinda Mexican pop)

Italian/Germanic

Bernadette

Brave as a bear (Saint Bernadette of Lourdes)

French/Germanic

Bernadine

Brave as a bear (Bernadine in Waiting to Exhale)

French/Germanic

Beruriah

Talmudic scholar; chosen by God

Hebrew/Aramaic

Bessie

Consecrated to God (Bessie Coleman, first Black female pilot)

English/Hebrew

Beste

Musical composition (Turkish)

Turkish/Persian

Betsy

Consecrated to God (Betsy Ross + Betsy DeVos)

English/Hebrew

Bhuvana

World, universe

Sanskrit/Tamil

Bibi

Lady / mistress (Bibi Andersson, Bergman muse)

Arabic/Persian

Biljana

Herbs / iconic folk song (Balkan heritage)

Serbian/Macedonian

Bindi

Butterfly; forehead mark

Aboriginal Australian/Sanskrit

Binta

Daughter (Hausa Wolof heritage; Roots)

Hausa/Wolof

Bipasha

The Beas River

Bengali/Sanskrit

Bishop

Overseer (Elizabeth Bishop Pulitzer poet)

English/Greek

Bituin

Star

Filipino/Tagalog

Blanche

White / fair (Blanche DuBois Streetcar; Devereaux Golden Girls)

French/Germanic

Bona

Polish Renaissance queen (Bona Sforza)

Italian/Polish

Boone

Good (Daniel Boone; Lost's Boone Carlyle)

French/English

Bozena

Gifted by God

Czech/Polish

Braelynn

Strong waterfall (modern American compound)

American/Irish

Brandi

Burnt wine (Brandi Carlile; Brandi Chastain)

English/Dutch

Brandy

Distilled wine (Brandy Norwood, Moesha + Cinderella)

English/Dutch

Breanna

Strong (Breanna Stewart, two-time WNBA MVP)

English/Irish

Bridgette

Exalted one / strength (variant of Bridget; Bridgette Wilson)

Irish/French

Brie

Strong (Brie Larson, Best Actress Oscar 2016)

French/Irish

Brienne

Iconic Brienne of Tarth (GoT - Gwendoline Christie)

French/Other

Brittany

From Brittany (peaked #3 in 1989; the French Celtic region)

French/Celtic

Brock

Badger (Brock Lesnar; modern unisex)

English/Celtic

Bronte

Thunder

Greek/Irish

Brooklynn

Broken land (NYC borough; Brooklynn Prince, The Florida Project)

English/Dutch

Brynja

Armor, chainmail

Old Norse/Icelandic

Brynlee

Hill meadow (top-200 modern American name)

American/Welsh

Bunga

Flower

Indonesian/Malay

Buse

Kiss (Turkish-Persian)

Turkish/Persian

Bára

Wave

Faroese/Icelandic