Girl's Names For Boys

Ballou

French

"from Bellou"

This surname-name comes with some great connotations: Addie Ballou the American feminist, Kurt Ballou — guitarist with the band Converge, or Adin Ballou — abolitionist and pacifist. It has a trendy,…

Bay

English word, Old English

"an inlet of the sea where the land curves inward; berry"

Like River and Lake, a cool, refreshing modern water-related choice. This name is also associated with bay leaves, the bay laurel, the contemporary term of endearment, "bae", and the Old English word…

Bean

English word name

"an immature bean pod used as a vegetable"

The unisex word name Bean, distant cousin of the infamous Apple, was used for the name of a child in Louise Penny's novel "A Rule Against Murder." A cute choice, it's likely best reserved for a…

Bird

Nature name

A name that's unusual in that changing the i to a y -- as in Byrd -- makes it more masculine.

Bobo

Diminutive of Robert

Bobo was the name of one of the most famous clowns in American circus history, who performed from the 1920s until the 1970s. But that's not the only reason this makes a less-than-optimal nickname.

Burgundy

French place-name; also color name

Ron Burgundy was Will Ferrell's fictional helmet-haired newsman, but this color name is much more suited to a girl.

Byrd

English word name

"bird"

The name of the teenaged son on the dear departed television show "Huff."