1504 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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- Bartholomew
Origin:
AramaicMeaning:
"son of the furrow"
- Beau
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"handsome"
- Bodhi
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"awakening, enlightenment"
- Bruce
Origin:
Scottish, English, FrenchMeaning:
"from the brushwood thicket"
- Brooks
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"of the brook"
- Beckett
Origin:
English and IrishMeaning:
"bee hive, little brook or bee cottage"
- Benjamin
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"son of the right hand"
- Bennett
Origin:
English medieval form of Benedict, LatinMeaning:
"blessed"
- Bodie
Origin:
Variation of Bodhi or Bode, Sanskrit, GermanMeaning:
"enlightenment, awakening; order, command"
- Bellamy
Origin:
English and Irish from FrenchMeaning:
"fine friend"
- Bernard
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"strong, brave as a bear"
- Blake
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"fair-haired, dark"
- Benedict
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"blessed"
- Billy
Origin:
English, diminutive of WilliamMeaning:
"resolute protection"
- Bowen
Origin:
Welsh, ChineseMeaning:
"son of Owen; wave of writing, wave of literature"
- Barrett
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"bear strength"
- Barnaby
Origin:
English variation of Barnabas, AramaicMeaning:
"son of consolation"
- Brian
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"strong, virtuous, and honorable"
- Beck
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"small stream"
- Bobby
Origin:
Diminutive of RobertMeaning:
"bright fame"
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