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.

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

Rare but attractive female form of Basil.

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