Baby girl names beginning with B – with origins and meanings

• Origin: French
• Meaning: 'God is my oath'
• Also: Barbara, Elizabeth

2. Bala

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: young child

3. Bahiti

• Origin: Swahili
• Meaning: lucky

4. Baillie

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: bailiff; a modern female version of Bailey
• Also: Bailee

5. Baina

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: bright, sunshine

6. Bairn

• Origin: Scottish
• Meaning: child

7. Bambalina

• Origin: Italian
• Meaning: little child

8. Baptista

• Origin: Latin, Greek
• Meaning: to dip; the feminine form of Baptist

9. Barbara

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: foreign, strange
• Also: Barbra, Babette (French form), Bab, Babs, Barbie, Bobbi

10. Basilia

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: kingly; the feminine form of Basil
• Also: Basilie

11. Bathsheba

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: daughter of prosperity
• Also: Sheba

12. Beata

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: blessed
• Also: Bea

13. Beatrice

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: bearer of joy
• Also: Beatrix, Bea, Beatie, Beatty, Trix, Trixie

14. Beckie

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: house of figs; the village where Lazarus lived
• Also: Becky, Rebecca

15. Bedelia

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: The high one or strength

16. Behira

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: Dazzling

17. Behita

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: blessing

18. Belinda

• Origin: Old German
• Meaning: uncertain
• Also: Bel

19. Belle

• Origin: French
• Meaning: beautiful
• Also:Annabel, Arabella, Bella, Isabel

20. Benedicta

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: blessed

21. Benika

• Origin: Japanese
• Meaning: deep red; entertainer

22. Berenice

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: bringer of victory
• Also: Bernice, Bunny

23. Bernadette

• Origin: Old German
• Meaning: brave bear; the feminine form of Bernard
• Also: Bernadine, Bernie, Bernadetta (Italian form)

24. Bertha

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: bright
• Also: Berta

25. Beryl

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: name of a precious stone

26. Bess

• Origin: English
• Meaning: God is my oath
• Also: Bessie, Beth, Elizabeth

27. Bethany

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: house of figs; the village where Lazarus lived
• Also: Bethan

28. Bethia

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: worshipper of God’
• Also: Betha

29. Bettina

• Origin: Italian
• Meaning: God is my oath
• Also: Bessie, Beth, Elizabeth

30. Betty

• Origin: English
• Meaning: God is my oath
• Also: Bessie, Beth, Bettina, Elizabeth

31. Beulah

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: married

32. Beverley

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: woman from the beaver meadow; a surname used as a first name
• Also: Bev

33. Beyonce

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: beyond others

34. Bharati

• Origin: Hindi
• Meaning: the name of the Goddess Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of knowledge

35. Bhavin

• Origin: Hindi
• Meaning: the name of the Hindu Goddess Parvati, the Hindu goddess of fertility, love, beauty, marriage, children, and devotion

36. Bhavna

• Origin: Sanskrit
• Meaning: Wish
• Also: Bhavana

37. Bianca

• Origin: Italian
• Meaning: white
• Also: Blanche

38. Biddy

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: exalted one
• Also: Bridget

39. Bijou

• Origin: French
• Meaning: jewel

40. Bilhah

• Origin: Hebrew
• Meaning: old, weak

41. Billie

• Origin: Old German
• Meaning: strong helmet; the feminine form of the short form of the boy’s name William

42. Bird

• Origin: Roman
• Meaning: bird

43. Birgit

• Origin: Scandinavian
• Meaning: strength
• Also: Britt

44. Bisa

• Origin: African American
• Meaning: being loved

45. Blair

• Origin: Celtic
• Meaning: place, field, battle

46. Blanche

• Origin: French
• Meaning: White
• Also: Bianca (Italian form)

47. Blodwen

• Origin: Welsh
• Meaning: white flower

48. Blossom

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: flower-like; the English form of the French name Fleur

49. Bobbie

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: stranger
• Also: Roberta

50. Bonny

• Origin: Scottish
• Meaning: pretty
• Also: Bonnie

51. Brenda

• Origin: Old Norse
• Meaning: a sword; the feminine form of Brendan

52. Brenna

• Origin: Gaelic
• Meaning: sorrow; the feminine form of Brennan
• Also: Brennan

53. Brianna

• Origin: Celtic
• Meaning: strong; the feminine form of Brian
• Also: Bryony

54. Bridget

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: The name of a Celtic fire goddess;
• Also: Brigid, Bride, Biddy, Bridie, Brigitte (French form)

55. Britt

• Origin: Old French
• Meaning: from Breton; the feminine form of Brett; a short form of the Swedish Birgit

56. Brittany

• Origin: French
• Meaning: derived from the French region of Bretagne

57. Bronwen

• Origin: Welsh
• Meaning: white breast
• Also: Bronwyn

58. Brooklynn

• Origin: English
• Meaning: one who lives near the brook; associated with an borough of New York
• Also: Brooklyn, Brook Lynn, Brooke Lynn, Brookelynn, Brookelynne, Brooklyne, and Brooklynn.

59. Brynlee

• Origin: English
• Meaning: burnt meadow

60. Bryony

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: The name of a climbing plant
• Also: Briony

61. Bunny

• Origin: English
• Meaning: pet name for a rabbit
• Also: Berenice

62. Bunty

• Origin: English
• Meaning: Lamb

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