Updated October 2026
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Scottish, Literature
"white hound"
Appearing on a character in Shakespeare's semi-historical play, Macbeth and in an earlier work called Holinshed's Chronicles from which Shakespeare took inspiration, the name Banquo has yet to appear…
Scottish
"the village by the pasture"
Historically interesting via the 1917 Balfour Declaration, which supported the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine.
English and Scottish diminutive of Bridget, Irish
"strength, exalted one"
Vintage short form of Bridget, very rarely still heard in Irish Catholic communities.
Scottish surname
"speckled, freckled"
Among the more masculine of the short unisex B names, Brice is less popular than Bryce for both sexes. There were 240 boys named Brice in the US in one recent year, versus only five girls -- and more…
"happy, cheerful, beautiful"
Predominantly used for girls and associated with "Bonnie Scotland", Bonnie was used quietly for boys in the US throughout the first half of the 20th century, peaking in the 1934 when it was given to…
Scottish, English
"beautiful, cheerful + blue"
A mix of modernity and vintage charm, Bonnie-Blu first appeared in the England and Wales stats in 2014 and has since risen to be given to around 10 girls a year. That may not sound like all that…
English and Scottish occupational name
"ringer of the bell"
Simplicity and pleasant associations give the word Bell real possibility as a first name -- but somehow it seems better for a girl, a la Belle.
"yellow"
Ultimately from the Old Irish Bláán, this surname (notably borne by a 6th-century Scottish saint) may appeal to fans of Blair. Colorful in meaning, it is more popularly spelled as Blaine. A recent…
Diminutive of Blaine or Irish place and surname
"yellow; point, tip, creeks"
While Blaney might sound like a nickname for the Scottish Blaine (and Blane) — and this is one possible origin for it — it may also be an Irish surname and place name. As such, it refers to either…
French
"fortification"
An old French surname derived from baille , meaning "fortification" – the same root as the English word bailey. The surname was borne by an aristocratic English family descended from French nobility.…