B - Girls' Names

Fairy-tale memories of Sleeping Beauty inspire some parents—such as Rachel Bilson and Hayden Christensen—to call their daughters Briar Rose. But Briar plus a different middle name might work even better. It's one of the newly popular nature-word names, charting in the US for the first time in 2015 for both genders.

This is an attractive Celtic mythological name, popular in Wales and a cousin of the better known Bronwyn. In Welsh mythology, Branwen was turned into a bird.

Rare but attractive female form of Basil.

Somewhat unwieldy, but would certainly make your little girl feel wanted.

An unusual floral -wen name which was the name of an 1878 opera by Welsh composer Joseph Parry.