English Baby Girl 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.

BEDA: "warrior maid." Variant Beadu exists.

BELINDA: Probably a compound name consisting of French Belle, "beautiful" and Spanish Linda, "pretty." Variants include Bel, Belle, Bellinda, Bellynda, Belynda, Linda, Lindie, and Lindy.

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.

BERENGARIA: Old English name meaning "bear-spear maid." Variant Berangari exists.

BERTHA: Old German name meaning "bright; sparkling." Variants include Berrta, Berrte, Berrti, Berrtina, Berrty, Bert, Berta, Berte, Berthe, Berti, Bertie, Bertina, Bertine, Bertuska (Hung.), Berty, Bird, Birdie, and Birdy.

BERTRADE: "bright counselor." Variant Beorthtraed exists.

BETTY: Short form of Hebrew Elizabeth, meaning "pledged to God." Variants include Bett, Betta, Bette, Betti, Bettie, Bettina, and Bettine.

BEVERLY: Old English unisex name meaning "from the beaver meadow." Originally a place name and surname. Rarely used for boys today. Variants include Bev, Beverle, Beverlee, Beverley, Beverlie, Beverlye, Bevlyn, Bevverlie, Bevverly, Bevvy, Buffy, Verlee, Verlie, Verly, and Verlye.

BILLIE: Old English short form of Old German Wilhelmina, meaning "will-helmet." Unisex name. Variants include Billi, Billy, and Willa.

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.

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.

BLESSING: "consecrated." Variant Bletsung exists.

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

BLOSSOM: Old English flower name meaning "flowerlike." Variant Blostm exists.

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

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

BRANDY: Liquor name, popular as a girl's name in America in the 1970s and '80s. Also a variant of male English Brandon, meaning "broom-covered hill." Variants include Brandais, Brande, Brandea, Brandee, Brandi, Brandice, Brandie, Brandye, Branndais, Brannde, Branndea, Branndi, and Branndie.

BRENDA: Old English name meaning "sword." Also used as a feminine form of Irish/Gaelic Brendan, which means either "prince," or "smelly hair," depending on which source one uses. Variants include Bren, Brenn, Brennda, and Brenndah.

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.

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

BRUCIE: feminine form of Scottish/English Bruce, meaning "from Brieuse/Bruys," a place in France. Variants include Brucina and Brucine.

BRYONY: Flower name. Variants include Bryonie, and Briony.