Elements Starting with B

'b Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "father".

ba 1 Western African, Igbo
Igbo suffix meaning "continue".

ba 2 Western African, Hausa
Hausa prefix meaning "belonging to".

bá Western African, Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "meet, find".

bā 八 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "eight".

baatar баатар Mongolian
Mongolian word meaning "hero".

baba 1 баба Medieval Slavic
Slavic word meaning "old woman".

baba 2 Western African, Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "father".

baban Medieval English
Middle English word meaning "baby, infant".

babu బాబు Indian, Telugu
Telugu word meaning "father".

backere Medieval Dutch
Middle Dutch word meaning "baker".

badan بدن Persian
Persian word meaning "body", of Arabic origin.

badwō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "battle".

bæcere Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "baker".

bærnan Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to burn".

bærnet Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "a burning".

bagatur Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "hero, warrior, brave".

baggi Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "bundle, pack, bag".

bagmaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "beam, tree".

bah Old High German
Old High German word meaning "stream".

bahar بهار Persian
Persian word meaning "spring (season)".

bái 白 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "white, pure".

bǎi 1 百 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "one hundred, many".

bǎi 2 柏 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "cypress tree, cedar".

baiovarii Late Roman
Late Latin word referring to a Germanic tribe (see Bavaria).

bairgo 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐍉 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "help, protection".

baiulus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "porter, carrier", later acquiring the meaning "manager, steward".

bak 樸, 朴, 박 Korean
Korean reading of pǔ.

bakari Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "baker".

bakārijaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "baker".

bakht بخت Persian
Persian word meaning "fortune, happiness".

bakiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "stream".

bakki Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "bank, ridge".

bal Hungarian
Hungarian word meaning "left".

bala बल Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "strength, might".

bald Old High German, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Frankish word meaning "bold, brave".

balþaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "bold, brave".

bàn 半 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "half".

bǎn 阪 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "slope".

ban Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bone".

banah בָּנָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to build".

banastre Anglo-Norman
Norman French word meaning "basket".

banda 𒌉𒁕 Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "young, wild, fierce".

bāng 滨, 濱 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "beach, seashore".

bangla বাংলা Bengali
Bengali word for the Bengali people.

baniere Medieval French
Old French word meaning "banner".

bann Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "peak".

bānû 𒆕 Akkadian
Akkadian word meaning "creator, builder".

banu بانو Persian
Persian word meaning "lady".

bǎo 1 宝, 寶 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "treasure, jewel, precious, rare".

bǎo 2 保 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "protect, maintain".

bāo 1 褒 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "praise, honour".

bāo 2 苞 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "bud".

bảo 寶 Vietnamese
Means "treasure, jewel", derived from bǎo.

barakah بركة Arabic
Arabic word meaning "blessing".

baran باران Persian
Persian word meaning "rain".

baranu Medieval Slavic
Slavic word meaning "ram, male sheep".

barat Medieval English
Middle English word meaning "trouble, deception" (of Old French origin).

barba Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "beard".

bardaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "beard".

bardǭ Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "axe".

baro Late Roman
Medieval Latin word meaning "man, freeman" (of Frankish origin).

barr Old Irish, Old Welsh
Old Irish and Old Welsh word meaning "top, head".

barre Medieval French
Old French word meaning "bar, barrier".

barros Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "point, top".

barrum Late Roman (Hypothetical)
Vulgar Latin word meaning "clay, mud".

bart Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "beard".

barta Old High German
Old High German word meaning "axe".

baš Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "head".

basama بَسَمَ Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to smile".

bashara بَشَّرَ Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to bring good news".

baso Old Dutch, Old Saxon
Old Dutch and Old Saxon word meaning "uncle, kinsman".

bassus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "thick, low, stumpy".

baswô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "uncle, kinsman".

bat 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "boat".

bat 2 בַּת Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "daughter".

batah בָּתָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "destruction, end".

battalia Late Roman
Vulgar Latin word meaning "battle".

batu 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "battle".

batu 2 бат Mongolian
Mongolian word meaning "strong, firm".

baugaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "ring, bracelet, armlet, something bent".

baunō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "bean".

bayar баяр Mongolian
Mongolian word meaning "joy".

bayit בַּיִת Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "house, home".

'bd Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "servant, slave".

be 1 辺, 邊 Japanese
Means "area, place, vicinity", a Japanese kun reading of biān.

be 2 倍 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of bèi.

be 3 部 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of bù.

bé Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "woman".

bẹ̀ Western African, Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "beg, pray".

beadu Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "battle".

beald Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bold, brave".

bean Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bean".

bearn Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "child, son".

beau Medieval French
Variant of bel.

beburaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "beaver".

bec Medieval French
Old French word meaning "bird beak".

beckari Old High German
Old High German word meaning "baker".

beg Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "chieftain, master".

bèi 倍 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "multiple times".

běi 北 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "north".

beki Old Dutch, Old Saxon
Old Dutch and Old Saxon word meaning "stream".

bekkr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "stream".

bel Medieval French
Old French word meaning "beautiful".

beliya'al בְּלִיַעַל Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew term meaning "worthless". This term is used in later Christian tradition as a name for an evil angel associated with lawlessness and lust.

bella Italian, Spanish, Ancient Roman
Latin, Italian and Spanish word meaning "beautiful" (feminine).

bellus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "beautiful" (masculine).

bělu белъ Medieval Slavic
Slavic word meaning "white".

běn 本 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "root, origin, source".

ben 1 בֵּן Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "son".

ben 2 Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "woman".

bendigaid Welsh
Welsh word meaning "blessed".

beo Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bee".

beofor Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "beaver".

beonet Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bent grass" (genus Agrostis).

beorc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "birch tree".

beorht Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bright".

beorn Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "warrior, man", probably originally meaning "bear".

beos Anglo-Saxon (Hypothetical)
Old English word meaning "bent grass" (genus Agrostis).

bera Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bear (animal)".

beraht Old High German
Old High German word meaning "bright".

bere Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "barley".

berg Old High German, Old Dutch, Old Norse
Old High German, Old Dutch and Old Norse word meaning "mountain, hill".

bergaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "mountain, hill, shelter".

bergō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "help, salvation".

berhan ብርሃን Eastern African, Amharic
Amharic word meaning "light".

berht Old Saxon, Old Dutch (Hypothetical), Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Saxon, Old Dutch and Frankish word meaning "bright".

berhtaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "bright".

berk Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "mighty, brave".

berkō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "birch tree".

bern Old High German, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Frankish word meaning "bear (animal)".

bernuz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "bear (animal)".

bero Old High German
Old High German word meaning "bear (animal)".

berô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "bear (animal)".

beryllos βήρυλλος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "beryl", of Sanskrit origin.

besë Albanian
Albanian word meaning "pledge, faith".

bethu Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "life".

beusu Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
West Germanic word meaning "reed, rush, bent grass".

bhasa भास Sanskrit
Sanskrit element meaning "light".

bhasha भाषा Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "speech, language".

bhavana भावन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "producing, manifesting".

bi Basque
Basque word meaning "two".

bí Western African, Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "to give birth, to beget".

bì 碧 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "jade, green, blue, cyan".

bia βία Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "force, power".

biān 边, 邊 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "edge, side".

bibar Old High German
Old High German word meaning "beaver".

biben Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to tremble".

bibēną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to tremble".

bích 碧 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of bì.

bilga 𒉋𒂵 Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "male ancestor".

bīn 斌 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "refined".

bin 斌, 빈 Korean
Korean reading of bīn.

bǐng 炳 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "bright, luminous, glorious".

bình 平 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of píng.

binut Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
West Germanic word meaning "reed, rush, bent grass".

bios βίος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "life".

birati бьрати Medieval Slavic
Slavic element meaning "to take, to gather, to reap".

birka Old High German
Old High German word meaning "birch tree".

bis Medieval French
Old French word meaning "drab, dingy".

biser бисер South Slavic
South Slavic word meaning "pearl", derived from the Bulgar language, of Arabic origin.

bistar бистар, бистър South Slavic
South Slavic word meaning "clear".

bjǫrg Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "help, salvation".

bjǫrk Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "birch tree".

bjǫrn Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "bear (animal)".

b'l Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic word meaning "lord, master, possessor".

blac Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "pale, shining, white".

blæc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "black".

blag благ South Slavic
South Slavic word meaning "sweet, pleasant, good".

blagoroden благороден South Slavic
South Slavic word meaning "noble".

blagu благъ Medieval Slavic
Slavic word meaning "good, pleasant, blessed, happy".

blanc Old High German
Old High German word meaning "white".

blancus Late Roman (Hypothetical)
Latin word meaning "white".

blank Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "white".

blankaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "white, blank".

blao Old High German
Old High German word meaning "blue".

bláth Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "flower".

blātus Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "flower".

blau Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "blue".

blaw Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "blue".

blawt Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "flowers, blossoms".

bleidd Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "wolf".

blēwaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "blue".

bliþe Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "happy, blithe".

blóm Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "bloom, flower".

blōmô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "bloom, flower".

blund Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "golden brown".

blundaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "mixed".

bluomo Old High German
Old High German word meaning "bloom, flower".

bó 1 博 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "wide, extensive, gamble".

bó 2 Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "cow".

bō 波 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "wave".

bọ̀ Western African, Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "return".

bod 1 𐤁𐤃 Phoenician
Phoenician prefix meaning "on behalf of".

bod 2 Old Frisian, Old Saxon (Hypothetical), Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Frisian, Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "command, order".

bogu богъ Medieval Slavic
Slavic element meaning "god".

boii Ancient Roman
Latin word referring to a Gaulish tribe, possibly from a Celtic word meaning "cow".

boji Medieval Slavic
Slavic element meaning "battle".

bokor Hungarian
Hungarian word meaning "bush".

bold 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "house".

bold 2 болд Mongolian
Mongolian word meaning "steel".

bolor болор Mongolian
Mongolian word meaning "crystal".

bolye Medieval Slavic
Slavic element meaning "more, better".

bom Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "tree".

bon Medieval French
Old French word meaning "good".

bona Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "bean".

bona ventura Ancient Roman
Latin phrase meaning "good luck".

bonga Southern African, Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to thank".

bonor Polynesian
Polynesian word meaning "good, moral".

bonus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "good".

bord Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "board, plank".

borg Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "fortress, fortification, citadel".

borgne Medieval French
Old French word meaning "one-eyed".

borna борна Medieval Slavic
Slavic element meaning "defence, protection".

borti Medieval Slavic
Slavic element meaning "to fight".

bos Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "cow, bull, ox".

boscus Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "bush" (of Germanic origin).

bosu босъ Medieval Slavic
Slavic word meaning "barefoot".

bót Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "remedy, improvement".

bot 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "command, order".

bot 2 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "remedy, help".

botecher Medieval German
Middle High German word meaning "cooper, barrel maker".

bǫð Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "battle".

both Medieval English
Middle English word meaning "hut, stall".

botm Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "ground, soil, bottom".

bōtō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "improvement".

bouchier Medieval French
Old French word meaning "butcher".

boug Old High German
Old High German word meaning "ring, bracelet".

boum Old High German
Old High German word meaning "tree".

boun ບຸນ Lao
Lao word meaning "happiness, prosperity, goodness".

boyadzhiya бояджия Bulgarian
Bulgarian word meaning "dyer".

bozy Medieval Slavic
Slavic element meaning "divine".

brad Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "broad".

bráen Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "rain, moisture, drop".

brahman ब्रह्मन् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "transcendent reality, eternal truth".

braidaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "broad".

bran Old Irish, Old Welsh
Irish and Welsh word meaning "raven".

brand Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old Dutch word meaning "fire, torch, sword".

brandaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "fire, torch, sword".

brandr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "fire, torch, sword".

branos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "raven".

brant Old High German
Old High German word meaning "fire, torch, sword".

bratu братъ Medieval Slavic
Slavic element meaning "brother".

bravus Late Roman (Hypothetical)
Vulgar Latin word meaning "angry, bold, brave".

bray English
Phonetic element /bɹeɪ/ in English names. It can be realized in spelling as bray, brae or brai.

brečet Czech
Czech word meaning "cry, weep".

breit Old High German
Old High German word meaning "broad".

breowan Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to brew".

brer Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "briar".

brewwaną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to brew".

bridd Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "young bird".

brigā Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "might, power, prestige".

brih बृह् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "to grow, to increase".

brií Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "hill".

briíg Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "might, power".

brink Old Saxon
Old Saxon word meaning "edge, slope".

britto Ancient Roman
Latin word referring to a Briton, a Celt of the British Islands.

briuwan Old High German, Old Saxon, Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old Saxon and Old Dutch word meaning "to brew".

brixs Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "hill, high".

broc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "brook, small stream".

brokkos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "badger".

bron Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "breast".

brun Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch (Hypothetical), Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old English, Old Dutch and Frankish word meaning "brown".

brūnaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "brown".

brunjo 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "breastplate".

brunjǭ Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "breastplate".

brúnn Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "brown".

brunna Old High German
Old High German word meaning "armour".

brunnja Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "armour".

brunus Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "brown".

bry English
Phonetic element /bɹaɪ/ in English names. It can be realized in spelling as bry or bri.

brycg Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bridge".

bryn Welsh
Welsh word meaning "hill".

brynja Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "armour".

bù 1 部 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "part, section".

bù 2 步 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "walk, step".

bụ Western African, Igbo
Igbo word meaning "is (equals)".

bucc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "buck, male deer".

budą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "offer".

buddhi बुद्धि Sanskrit
Sanskrit element meaning "intellect, reason, mind".

bugge Medieval English
Middle English word meaning "goblin, hostile supernatural creature".

bùi 裴 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of péi.

bùkún Western African, Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "add, increase".

bula Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bull".

bulgarus Late Roman
Latin word referring to the Turkic tribe of the Bulgars, possibly from a Turkic root meaning "mixed".

bullo Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "bull".

bulô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "bull".

bùn Western African, Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "give".

bun Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "root, bottom".

buohha Old High German
Old High German word meaning "beech tree".

bur Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch, Old Saxon
Old High German, Old English, Old Dutch and Old Saxon word meaning "dwelling, room". In Old High German it also acquired the meaning "peasant", and later "farmer".

būrą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "dwelling, cabin, hut".

burdą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "board, plank".

bure Medieval French
Old French word referring to a type of coarse woolen cloth.

burg Old High German, Old Saxon, Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old Saxon, Old English, Old Dutch and Frankish word meaning "fortress, fortification, citadel".

burgus Late Roman
Latin word meaning "village", of Frankish origin.

burgz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "fortress, fortification, citadel".

burhan برهان Arabic
Arabic word meaning "proof".

burku бъркъ Medieval Slavic
Slavic word meaning "whisker, quill".

burna Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "spring, fountain, stream".