Baby boy names beginning with B – with origins and meanings
On the hunt for baby name ideas for a boy that start with the 2nd letter of the alphabet? We've got some bold, balanced, banging, brilliant suggestions – along with their origin and meaning
Not quite sure what baby boy name to choose but would like it to start with the letter B? From Badiah to Byron, we’ve found some great newborn boy baby name ideas to inspire you…
1. Badiah
- Origin: Arabic
- Meaning: unprecedented, amazing, admirable, unique
2. Bailey
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: bailiff, steward; also used as a girl’s name
3. Baird
- Origin: Celtic
- Meaning: minstrel
4. Baldric
- Origin: Old German
- Meaning: bold rule
- Also: Baudric
5. Baldwin
- Origin: Old German
- Meaning: bold friend
6. Baliant
- Origin: Hungarian
- Meaning: strong and healthy
7. Baptist
- Origin: Latin, Greek
- Meaning: to dip in water
8. Barnaby
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning: son of consolation
- Also: Barnabas, Barney, Barny
9. Barry
- Origin: Irish
- Meaning: spear
- Also: Barrie
10. Bartholomew
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning: son of Talmai
- Also: Bart, Barty and Bat
11. Basil
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: kingly
12. Beau
- Origin: French
- Meaning: beautiful or handsome
13. Beck
- Origin: Old Norse
- Meaning: small brook or stream
14. Beckham
- Origin: English
- Meaning: village by the stream; surname of David Beckham
15. Ben
- Short form of Benjamin (see below)
16. Benedict
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: blessed
- Also: Bennet and Benedick
17. Benjamin
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning: son of the south
- Also: Ben, Benny and Bennie
18. Bentley
- Origin: English
- Meaning: sweet person; a prestigious car brand
19. Bergren
- Origin: Swedish
- Meaning: mountain stream
20. Bernard
- Origin: Old German
- Meaning: brave bear
- Also: Bernie and Barney
21. Bertram
- Origin: Old German
- Meaning: bright raven
- Also: Bert, Bertie, Bertrand (French form)
22. Bharat
- Origin: Sanskrit
- Meaning: universal monarch, the Hindi name for India
23. Bhaskar
- Origin: Sanskrit
- Meaning: the sun
24. Billy
- Origin: English/Old German
- Meaning: helmet, protector; short form of William
25. Björn
- Origin: Old Norse
- Meaning: bear
26. Blair
- Origin: Gaelic
- Meaning: a plain, field, meadow
- Also: Blaire
27. Blaise
- Origin: French
- Meaning: someone from the Blois region of France
- Also: Blasé, Blaze
28. Blake
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: dark-complexioned
29. Bonamy
- Origin: French
- Meaning: good friend
30. Boniface
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: doer of good
31. Boris
- Origin: Russian/Slavic
- Meaning: wolf; short; glory in battle
32. Boyd
- Origin: Gaelic
- Meaning: yellow-haired
33. Bradley
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: broad meadow
- Also: Brad
34. Brantly
- Origin: Unknown, probably Old Norse
- Meaning: sword, fiery torch
- Also: Brantley
35. Brendan
- Origin: Gaelic
- Meaning: prince
- Also: Brandon, Brandin, Brenden
36. Brennan
- Origin: Gaelic
- Meaning: sorrow
37. Bret
- Origin: Old French
- Meaning : from Breton, a region in France
- Also: Brett
38. Brian
- Origin: Celtic
- Meaning: strong
- Also: Bryan, Brien, Brion
39. Brice
- Origin: Celtic
- Meaning: unknown
- Also: Bryce
40. Brigham
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: homestead by a bridge
41. Broderick
- Origin: Gaelic
- Meaning: brother
42. Brook
- Origin: Irish
- Meaning: water, small stream; also used as a girl’s name
- Also: Brooke, Brooks
43. Bruce
- Origin: Old French
- Meaning: from the brushwood thicket
44. Bruno
- Origin: German
- Meaning: brown
45. Bryn
- Origin: Welsh
- Meaning: a hill
- Also: Brin, Brynmor
46. Buck
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: stag, dashing young man
47. Buddy
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: friend, brother
48. Burhan
- Origin: Arabic
- Meaning: proof, evidence
49. Burl
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: bearer of the cup
50. Burn
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: stream, brook
- Also: Burne, Bourn, Bourne, Byrne
50. Burton
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: a fortified farmstead
- Also: Burt
51. Byron
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: a barn
About our author Catherine Ball
Catherine Ball is a freelance journalist who specialises in writing about parenting and health. She has been a journalist for 20 years, writing for a wide range of regional and national publications. She is also mum to 4 children between the ages 3 and 12, so has drawn up many, many lists of baby names over the past few years.
llustration: Emma Winchester
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