1479 Boy Names That Start With B (with Meanings and Popularity)
Updated Thu Aug 22 2024
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Boy names that start with B are led today by Benjamin, the top-ranked B name for boys in the US, making the Top 10.
Along with Benjamin, boy names starting with B in the US Top 200 include Brayden, Bryson, Bennett, Bentley, Beau, and Brooks.
In the UK, Billy and Bobby are back, ranking in the Top 200 names for boys along with B names Blake, Brody, Bodhi, Brodie, and Benjamin.
Unique B names for boys that we recommend range from classic Barnaby to occupational name Booker to nature name Birch.
Here, our full selection of boy names that start with B, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry .
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- Bertram
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"bright raven"
- Beckett
Origin:
English and IrishMeaning:
"bee hive, little brook or bee cottage"
- Bennett
Origin:
English medieval form of Benedict, LatinMeaning:
"blessed"
- Bodhi
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"awakening, enlightenment"
- Benjamin
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"son of the right hand"
- Brooks
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"of the brook"
- Blake
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"fair-haired, dark"
- Beau
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"handsome"
- Bartholomew
Origin:
AramaicMeaning:
"son of the furrow"
- Barnaby
Origin:
English variation of Barnabas, AramaicMeaning:
"son of consolation"
- Blaise
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"to lisp, stammer"
- Beck
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"small stream"
- Brian
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"strong, virtuous, and honorable"
- Barrett
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"bear strength"
- Bram
Origin:
Dutch variation of Abraham, HebrewMeaning:
"father of multitudes"
- Bastian
Origin:
Diminutive of Sebastian, Latin from GreekMeaning:
"man of Sebastia"
- Briar
Origin:
Nature name, English word nameMeaning:
"a thorny patch"
- Beni
Origin:
Hebrew, Spanish, JapaneseMeaning:
"son of the right hand; blessed; crimson"
- Bruce
Origin:
Scottish and English from FrenchMeaning:
"from the brushwood thicket"
- Bowen
Origin:
Welsh, ChineseMeaning:
"son of Owen; wave of writing, wave of literature"