Baby
English infant word used as a personal name
Baby is documented as a Philippine personal name from the English infant word. The word also functions as an affectionate address.
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Names starting with B
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- Baby♂♀English infant word used as a personal name
- Baby Glenda♀
- Babylyn♀Combination of Baby and Lyn
- Bahadir♂Brave or heroic, from Turkish Bahadır
- Bailey♂♀Bailiff; from an occupational surname
- Baki♂Cebuano familiar form of Frank or Franklin
- Balangaw·Rainbow
- Baldomero♂Bold or brave, and famous
- Baldwin♂Bold friend
- Balet♀Familiar form of Valeriana or Valentina
- Baltazar♂Bel, protect the king
- Balthazar♂Bel, protect the king
- Banban♂♀Repeated familiar form with several recorded parents
- Baning♂Philippine familiar form of Giovanni
- Banjo♂Name from the English banjo instrument word
- Barbara♀Foreign or unfamiliar
- Barbra♀Variant of Barbara: foreign or non-Greek
- Baris♂Unmarked Turkish Barış form; peace
- Barnabe♂Recorded Barnabas-family form
- Baron♂From the noble title baron
- Barry♂Irish Bairre-family form, or a familiar name from other bases
- Bart♂Short form of Bartholomew, son of Talmay
- Bartolome♂Spanish Bartholomew; son of Talmai
- Basil♂Royal or kingly
- Basilia♀Feminine Basil-name form; royal
- Basilio♂Royal or kingly
- Basilio Louie♂Basilio: Royal or kingly; Louie: Familiar form of Louis, Louise or Louisa
- Basir♂Seeing or perceptive in Arabic; also glossed wise as a name
- Basmala♂Name of the Arabic in-the-name-of-God invocation
- Bassar♂Historical Maltese form interpreted through Arabic Bashshar
- Bato♂Stone or rock in the Cebuano word-name route
- Bautista♂Baptist; one who baptizes
- Bayani♂Hero; a person admired for courage or achievement
- 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
- Beda♂♀Latinized Bede; possibly connected with prayer
- Beethoven♂Surname name traditionally associated with beet farms
- Bekang♀Philippine familiar form of Rebecca
- Bekay♀Rebecca familiar form with the ending -ay
- Bela♀Béla-related and Slavic name forms have separate roots
- Belen♀Bethlehem-name form; also a Belinda nickname
- Belinda♀Seventeenth-century name used in Pope’s The Rape of the Lock
- Bella♀Beautiful; also a short form of Isabella
- Bella Aurora♀Bella: Beautiful, also a short form of Isabella; Aurora: Dawn
- Bellarmin♂French form in the Bellarmino saint-name family
- Belle♀Beautiful; also a short form of Isabelle or Annabelle
- Beltran♂Documented Basque equivalent of the Bertrand family
- Ben♂Short form of Benjamin, Benedict, and other Ben-names
- Ben Jose♂Ben: Short form of Benjamin, Benedict, and other Ben-names; Jose: God will add
- Benben♂Repeated Ben; familiar form of Benjamin or Benedict
- Benedick♂Shakespearean variant of Benedict, blessed
- Benedict♂Blessed; well spoken of
- Benedicto♂Blessed; from Latin Benedictus
- Benedicto Jose♂Benedicto: Blessed, from Latin Benedictus; Jose: God will add
- Benhur♂Biblical Ben-Hur form; son of Hur
- Benigno♂Kind or benign
- Benigno Simeon♂Benigno: Kind or benign; Simeon: Hearing or listening
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Baby Glenda
Recorded name spelling
Baby Glenda appears in 1 selected record in the OpenHalalan transcription of COMELEC’s 2001 elected-candidate list. The count refers to that source collection and exact spelling.
Read the meaning and history →Babylyn
Combination of Baby and Lyn
Babylyn is recorded as a blend of Baby and Lyn. Baby contributes the English infant or affectionate-name element, while Lyn is a familiar name and productive name ending.
Read the meaning and history →Bahadir
Brave or heroic, from Turkish Bahadır
Bahadir is a Roman spelling of Turkish Bahadır with the dotless vowel simplified. Turkish bahadır denotes a brave or heroic person and belongs to a wider Eurasian warrior-title word family.
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- 127 Dictionary evidence
- 77 Wikidata
- 86 Philippine source records
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