Elements Starting with B

ʾb Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "father".

ba 1 Igbo
Igbo suffix meaning "continue".

ba 2 Hausa
Hausa prefix meaning "belonging to".

bá Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "meet, find".

bā 八 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "eight".

baatar баатар Mongolian
Mongolian word meaning "hero".

baba 1 баба Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "grandmother, old woman".

baba 2 Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "father".

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

babu బాబు Telugu
Telugu word meaning "father".

backere Medieval Dutch
Middle Dutch word meaning "baker".

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

badr بدر Arabic
Arabic word meaning "full moon".

badu Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Frankish word meaning "battle".

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

bæc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "stream".

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".

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

bahija بهج Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be happy, to rejoice in".

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".

bāla बाल Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "young".

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

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

balneum Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "bath".

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

bàn 半 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "half".

bǎn 阪, 坂 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "slope".

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

bana 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".

Bānglā 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".

bānū بانو Persian
Persian word meaning "lady".

banzi Nguni
Nguni word meaning "wide, broad".

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.

baraka 1 برك Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to kneel down, to be blessed".

baraka 2 بركة Arabic
Arabic word meaning "blessing".

bārān باران Persian
Persian word meaning "rain".

baranŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
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".

barra Ancient Roman (Hypothetical)
Vulgar Latin word meaning "bar, barrier".

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

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

bars Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "leopard".

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 بسم Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to smile".

bashshara بشّر 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 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "boat".

baṯ בַּת Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "daughter".

baṯa 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".

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

ʿbd 𐤏𐤁𐤃 Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical), Phoenician
Semitic root meaning "servant, slave".

bd 𐤁𐤃 Phoenician
Phoenician prefix meaning "on behalf of".

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.

be 4 בְּ Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew prefix meaning "in, with".

bé Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "woman".

bẹ̀ Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "beg, pray".

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

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

beall Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "ball".

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".

bece Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "beech tree".

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

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

beh به Persian
Persian word meaning "good".

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".

beliyaʿal 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 Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "beautiful" (feminine).

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

bělŭ бѣлъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
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".

beorg Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "mountain, hill".

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 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, firm, solid".

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".

beta Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "beet".

bethu Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "life".

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

bhadra भद्र Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "fortune, prosperity".

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

bhāsa भास Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "light".

bhaṭṭāra भट्टार Sanskrit
Sanskrit title meaning "noble lord".

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

bhīma भीम Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "terrible, formidable".

bi Basque
Basque word meaning "two".

bí 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".

bĭrati бьрати Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word 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.

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)".

bʿl Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic word meaning "lord, master, possessor".

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

bladona Late Roman
Latin word meaning "mullein plant" (of Celtic origin).

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

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

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 Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "return".

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

bogŭ богъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "god".

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

bojĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "battle".

bōkō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "beech tree".

bokor Hungarian
Hungarian word meaning "bush".

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

bold 2 болд Mongolian
Mongolian word meaning "steel".

boľe болѥ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "more, better".

bolgŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "good, pleasant".

bolor болор Mongolian
Mongolian word meaning "crystal".

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 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 Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "defence, protection".

borti Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to fight".

borŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "pine tree".

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

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

bosŭ босъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
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".

botu Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "young animal".

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".

bous βοῦς Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "ox, cow".

boyadzhiya бояджия Bulgarian
Bulgarian word meaning "dyer".

božĭjĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word 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 "sacred word, prayer" or "devout worshipper".

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".

bratŭ братъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word 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.

bręcati Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to make a sound, to buzz".

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".

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

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

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

brií Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "hill".

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

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

brinkaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "edge, margin".

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".

brōkaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "swamp".

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".

bruoc Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "wetland, marsh".

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".