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- Axel♂Danish form of Absalom: father is peace
- Aya♀Colour in 彩 or design in 綾 in Japanese
- Ayako♀Kanji-dependent: color or design with child in common forms
- Ayanna♀Name listed as beautiful flower in a 1970 collection
- Ayumi♀Kanji-dependent; walk or step in the form 歩
- Bailey♂♀Bailiff; from an occupational surname
- Baldwin♂Bold friend
- Balthazar♂Bel, protect the king
- Barbara♀Foreign or unfamiliar
- Barbra♀Variant of Barbara: foreign or non-Greek
- Barry♂Irish Bairre-family form, or a familiar name from other bases
- Bart♂Short form of Bartholomew, son of Talmay
- Basil♂Royal or kingly
- Bea♀Short form of Beatrix or Beata
- Beatrice♀From Beatrix: traveller, later associated with blessed
- Beatrix♀Probably from traveller; later linked with blessed
- Beatriz♀Form of Beatrix, with traveller and blessed associations
- Beau♂Beautiful or handsome in French
- Belinda♀Seventeenth-century name used in Pope’s The Rape of the Lock
- Bella♀Beautiful; also a short form of Isabella
- Belle♀Beautiful; also a short form of Isabelle or Annabelle
- Benedict♂Blessed; well spoken of
- Benita♀Blessed; feminine form of Benito
- Benito♂Blessed; contracted form of Benedicto
- Benjamin♂Son of the right hand
- Benjie♂Familiar form of Benjamin
- Bennie♂Familiar form of Benjamin or Benedict
- Benson♂Surname name: Benedict patronymic or place-name route
- Bernadette♀French feminine of Bernard: bear and brave
- Bernard♂Brave bear
- Bernarda♂Bear and strength; feminine Bernard-family form
- Bernardina♀Bear and strength; feminine form of Bernard
- Bernie♂Familiar form of Bernard, Bernadette, or Bernice
- Bertha♀Bright
- Bertrand♂Bright and shield-rim
- Beryl♀Beryl gemstone, or Yiddish little bear
- Bessie♀My God is an oath; familiar form of Elizabeth
- Betsy♀My God is an oath; Elizabeth-family short form
- Bettina♀Diminutive of Elizabeth-forms or Italian Benedetta
- Betty♀Familiar form of Elizabeth
- Beverly♂♀From a beaver-related English place name
- Bianca♀White or fair-coloured
- Billy♂Affectionate form of Bill or William
- Bing♂♀Personal nickname with a documented Bingville association
- Blythe♀Cheerful; through an Old English surname
- Bo♂♀Scandinavian Búi; also a spelling of Beau
- Bob♂Rhyming short form of Robert
- Bobbie♂♀Bright fame; familiar Robert or Roberta form
- Bobby♂Affectionate form of Bob, from Robert
- Bodie♂Surname-derived name; also a variant of Bodhi
- Brad♂Short form of Bradley, Bradford, and other Brad-names
- Brandon♂Broom-covered hill in the English place-name route
- Brandy♀From the drink-name, ultimately Dutch burnt wine
- Breanna♀Variant of Briana, feminine of Brian
- Bren♂♀Clipping of Brenda or Brendan
- Brenda♀Possibly from the Norse word for sword
- Brent♂Steep hill, through English place names
- Brett♂♀Breton or Briton; surname-derived name
- Brian♂Irish Brian; possibly connected with height or strength
- Britney♀Variant of Brittany, the regional name
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