English Baby Boy Names - B

BAILEY: Old English unisex name meaning "law enforcer; bailiff. First a surname. Used more often for boys. Variants include Bailee, Bailie, Baily, Bayley, and Bayly.

BAINBRIDGE: "lives near the bridge over the white water." Variants include Bainbrydge, and Banbrigge.

BALDER: "bold army." Variant Baldhere exists.

BANAING: "son of the slayer." Variant Banning exists.

BANCROFT: "from the bean field." Variant Benecroft exists.

BARCLAY: "lives at the birch-tree meadow." Variants include Bercleah, Berkeley, and Berkley.

BARDEN: "lives near the boar's den." Variant Bardan exists.

BARDOLF: "ax-wolf." Bardawulf, Bardalph, Bardolph, Bardulf, and Barwolf.

BARDRICK: "ax-ruler." Variants include Bardaric, and Bardarik.

BARLOW: "lives on the bare hill." Variants include Baerhloew, and Barhloew.

BARNETT: "leader." Variant Beornet exists.

BARNUM: "from the nobleman's home." Variant Beornham exists.

BARON: "warrior." Variant Barron exists.

BARR: "gateway." Variant Barre exists.

BARTH: "son of the earth"

BARTLEY: "from Bart's meadow." Variants include Bartleah, and Bartleigh.

BARTON: "from the barley farm." Variants include Bart, and Beretun.

BARTRAM: "glorious raven." Variants include Barthram, and Beorhthramm.

BAXTER: "baker." Variants include Backstere, Baker, and Bax.

BAYHARD: "reddish-brown hair." Variant Bay exists.

BEACHER: "lives by the beech tree." Variants include Beceere, and Beecher.

BEADUTUN: "from the warrior's estate." Variant Beaton exists.

BEAMAN: "beekeeper." Variant Beomann exists.

BEAMER: "trumpeter." Variant Bemeere exists.

BECK: "brook." Variant Bek exists.

BEDE: "prayer"

BELDEN: "lives in the beautiful glen." Variants include Beldan, Beldane, Beldene, and Beldon.

BENTLEY: Old English name meaning "from the bent grass meadow." First a place name, a surname, then a first name. Unisex name, but more common for boys. Variants include Bentlea, Bentleah, Bentlee, Bentleigh, and Bently.

BENTON: "lives on the moor"

BERESFORD: "from the barley ford." Variant Berford exists.

BERT: "glorious." Variants include Beorht, and Burt.

BERTON: "from the fortified town." Variants include Beorhttun, Burhtun, and Burton.

BERTRAM: "bright raven." Variant Beorhthram exists.

BERWICK: "from the barley grange." Variant Berwyk exists.

BEVERLY: "from the beaver meadow." Variant Beverley exists.

BICKFORD: "from the hewer's ford." Variants include Bick, and Biecaford.
BINK: "lives at the bank"

BIRCH: "birch tree." Variants include Beore, and Birk.

BIRD: Old English unisex nature name, meaning "birdlike." Also a short form of Old German Bertha, meaning "bright; sparkling." Variants include Birde, Birdey, Birdie, Birdy, Byrd, Byrde, Byrdey and Byrdie.

BIRKETT: "lives at the birch headland." Variants include Birkhead, and Birkhed.

BIRKEY: "from the birch-tree island"

BIRLEY: "from the cattle shed on the meadow." Variant Byreleah exists.

BIRNEY: "lives on the brook island." Variants include Burneig, and Burney.

BIRTLE: "from the bird hill." Variants include Birdhil, Birdhill, Birtel, and Byrtel.

BISHOP: "overseer"

BITANIG: "from the preserving land"

BLACK: "dark." Variant Claec exists.

BLADE: "wealthy glory." Variant Blaed exists.

BLAGDON: "from the dark valley." Variants include Blagdan, and Blagden.

BLAKE: Old English unisex name meaning either "black" or "white" or "pale-skinned," or "dark-skinned." Variants include Blaec, Blaecleah, Blakelee,
Blakeley, Blakely, Blakenee, Blakeney, and Blakeny.

BLAKELEY: "from the dark meadow." Variants include Blaecleah, and Blakely.

BLAKEMORE: "from the dark moor"

BLAKEY: "blond." Variant Blacey exists.

BLANFORD: "gray-haired." Variant Blandford exists.

BLAYNE: "twin"

BLISS: Old English unisex name meaning "joy; happiness." Variants include Blisse, and Blyss.

BLYTHE: Old English unisex name meaning "happy; carefree." Variants include Blithe, and Blyth.

BOLTON: "from the manor farm"

BOND: "tied to the land"

BOOTH: "lives in a hut." Variants include Boothe, and Bothe.

BORDEN: "from the boar valley." Variants include Barden, and Bardene.

BORS: myth name

BOSWORTH: "lives at the cattle enclosure"

BOTOLF: "herald wolf." Variants include Botewolf, and Botwolf.

BRAD: "large; broad; extended." Short for names like Bradley, or Bradburn.

BRADBURN: "from the broad brook." Variant Bradbourne exists.

BRADLEY: Old English unisex name meaning "from the broad meadow," or "from an extended family." Variants include Bradlea, Bradleah, Bradlee, Bradleigh, and Bradly.

BRADEN: "from the broad valley." Variants include Brad, Bradan, Bradene, and Bradyn.

BRADFORD: "from the broad ford"

BRADLEY: From surname meaning "from the broad meadow" or "from an extended family." Variants include Bradleah, and Bradly.

BRADWELL: "from the broad spring"

BRADY: "from the broad island." Variant Bradig exists.

BRAINARD: "bold raven." Variants include Brainerd, and Branhard.

BRAMWELL: "from the bramble bush spring." Variant Braemwiella exists.

BRANDON: "from the beacon hill." Variant Branddun.

BRANTLEY: "proud." Variants include Brand, and Brant.

BRAWLEY: "from the hillslope meadow." Variants include Braleah, and Brawleigh.

BRENT: "from the steep hill." Variant Brentan exists.

BREWSTER: "brewer." Variant Brewstere exists.

BRICE: Unisexual name. Either an Old English name meaning "noble," a Celtic name meaning "swift," or a French name meaning either "speckled" or "from Brieuxtown." Also a Greek myth name of one of the Danaids. Variant Bryce exists.

BRIDGER: "lives at the bridge." Variants include Brydger, Briggere, and Bryggere.

BRIGHAM: "lives by the bridge." Variant Briggeham exists.

BRINTON: "from Brinton"

BRITTO: myth name

BROCK: "badger." Variants include Broc, and Brok.

BROCKLEY: "from the badger meadow." Variants include Brocleah, Brocleigh, and Brocly.

BRODERICK: "from the broad ridge." Variants include Broderik, Brodrig, and Brodrik.

BROMLEY: "from the broom-covered meadow." Variants include Bromleah, Bromleigh, and Bromly.

BROOKE: Old English unisex name meaning "small stream." Variants include Brook, Brookie, and Brooky.

BROOKS: "son of Brooke." Variants include Brookson, and Brooksone.

BROUGHER: "lives at the fortress." Variant Burghere exists.

BROUGHTON: "from the fortress town." Variant Burgton exists.

BROWN: "dark-skinned." Variant Brun exists.

BRUTUS: myth name

BUCK: "male deer." Variant Boc exists.

BUCKLEY: "lives at the buck meadow." Variants include Bocleah, and Bocley.

BUDD: "herald." Variants include Boda, and Buddy.

BUNDY: "free." Variant Bondig exists.

BURBANK: "lives on the castle's hill." Variant Burhbank exists.

BURCH: "birch." Variants include Birch, and Birche.

BURCHARD: "strong as a castle." Variant Burghard exists.

BURDON: "lives at the castle." Variant Burhdon exists.

BURFORD: "lives at the castle ford." Variant Burhford exists.

BURGESS: "lives in town." Variant Burgeis exists.

BURL: "cup-bearer." Variant Byrle exists.

BURLEY: "lives at the caste's meadow." Variants include Burhleag, Burleigh, and Burly.

BURN: "from the brook." Variants include Bourn, Bourne, Burne, and Byrne.

BURNETT: Means either "brave warrior" or "bold as a bear." Variants include Bernard, Bernie, Bunny, and Burnet.

BURNEY: "lives on the brook island." Variant Bureig exists.

BURNS: "son of Byrne." Variants include Bursone, and Byrnes.

BURTON: "lives in the fortified town." Variant Burhtun exists.

BYFORD: "lives at the river crossing." Variant Biford exists.

BYRAM: "from the cattle yard"

BYRON: "bear"