1483 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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- Brooks
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"of the brook"
- Bennett
Origin:
English medieval form of Benedict, LatinMeaning:
"blessed"
- Beau
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"handsome"
- Beckett
Origin:
English and IrishMeaning:
"bee hive, little brook or bee cottage"
- Beni
Origin:
Hebrew, Spanish, JapaneseMeaning:
"son of the right hand; blessed; crimson"
- Bodhi
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"awakening, enlightenment"
- Benjamin
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"son of the right hand"
- Bowen
Origin:
Welsh, ChineseMeaning:
"son of Owen; wave of writing, wave of literature"
- Brian
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"strong, virtuous, and honorable"
- Bruce
Origin:
Scottish, English, FrenchMeaning:
"from the brushwood thicket"
- Blake
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"fair-haired, dark"
- Boone
Origin:
English from FrenchMeaning:
"blessing, lucky"
- Barnaby
Origin:
English variation of Barnabas, AramaicMeaning:
"son of consolation"
- Bram
Origin:
Dutch variation of Abraham, HebrewMeaning:
"father of multitudes"
- Bellamy
Origin:
English and Irish from FrenchMeaning:
"fine friend"
- Beck
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"small stream"
- Bastian
Origin:
Diminutive or variant of Sebastian, Latin, GreekMeaning:
"man of Sebastia"
- Blaise
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"to lisp, stammer"
- Benedict
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"blessed"
- Barrett
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"bear strength"