"Tiger"; from Persian babr
Boy names starting with B
Baby boy names that start with B, with checked meanings.
102 names: 96 for boys and 6 for both girls and boys. Most meanings are checked in Monier-Williams' Sanskrit–English Dictionary, Lane's Arabic–English Lexicon and the Mahan Kosh. One is a modern name that the dictionaries we use don't list. A few to start: Baldev ("Balarama, Krishna's brother"), Bhanu ("light; the sun") and Bihari ("playful one, Krishna").
102 names
"Cloud"
"Full moon"; Arabic badr
"Lord of Badri", the Vishnu of the Himalayan shrine
"Full moon of the faith"; Arabic badr al-dīn
"Brave, valiant"; Persian bahādur
"Splendour of the faith"; Arabic bahāʾ al-dīn
A title of Hanuman; "with a frame hard as the thunderbolt"
"Gift, grace"; Sikh lists say "the blessed one"
"Fortunate"; Persian bakht-yār, "befriended by fortune"
"The young moon"
"Lord Venkateswara" in popular use; Sanskrit bāla, "child", plus honorific
"The child Krishna"
Murugan as a child; bāla, "child", and Murugan
The child Subrahmanya, a name of Murugan
"Strong and brave"
Balarama, Krishna's elder brother; literally "god of strength"
"The young moon"
"The young cowherd", Krishna as a boy
"Victory of strength"
"Young Krishna"; Sanskrit bāla, "child", and Mukunda, a name of Vishnu
Bal, "strength", with preet, "love"
"Mighty king"
Krishna's elder brother; Sanskrit bala, "strength", and Rāma
"Strong, mighty"
"Mighty Indra"; bal, strength, with inder
Krishna, "who wears the forest garland"
"Deeply learned"; Arabic bāqir, "one who opens up knowledge"
"Blessing"; Arabic baraka
"Son of encouragement" (Acts 4:36); Aramaic bar, "son"
King of bulls; Kannada basava, Shiva's bull, with rāja
"Perceptive, discerning"; Arabic baṣīr, "seeing"
"Bringer of good news" in popular use; Arabic bashar, "human being"
"Good news"; Arabic bishāra, glad tidings
"Bringer of good news"; Arabic bashīr
"Brave"; Arabic bāsil, "strong-hearted in battle"
"Smiling"; Arabic bāsim
"One who extends"; Arabic bāsiṭ, a name of God
"Handsome"; French beau, from Latin bellus
English surname of uncertain origin; often given as "bee cottage"
"Well-born"; Persian bih-zād, "of good birth"
"Blessed", from Latin benedictus
"Son of the right hand"
"Blessed"; medieval English form of Latin Benedictus
"Bold as a bear", from Old High German Bernhard
A name of Shiva, "lord of Bhadrā"
The king who brought the Ganga to earth; probably "glorious chariot"
"Blessed, fortunate"; also a name of God
"Lord of fortune"
"Formidable"; a fierce form of Shiva
Ganesha, "who wears the moon on his forehead"
Light, a ray; the sun
Devotee of the sun; the Varkari saint Bhanudas
"Sunlight", the light of the sun
"Glorious sun", the sun in its majesty
The Vedic sage Bharadvaja; Sanskrit, "bearing strength"
The star Bharani; also a Tamil genre of war poetry
Epic hero's name; also the Indian name for India
"Descendant of Bhrigu", a name of Parashurama
The sun; literally "light-maker"
"Light of the sun"; Sanskrit bhāskara + jyotis
"Earthly", of the earth
"Material, of the elements"
"Lord of the world", a name of Shiva
"Devout" in popular use; Sanskrit bhāvika, "full of feeling"
"Living, existing"; also "blessing" and "illustrious"
"The future"; a short form of Sanskrit bhaviṣya
"Grand" in popular use; Sanskrit bhavya, "excellent, beautiful"
"Part of grandeur"; Sanskrit bhavya, "excellent", and aṃśa, "part"
Formidable; the mighty second Pandava
Bhima of the Mahabharata; Sanskrit, "with a formidable army"
Terrible, dreadful; the great elder of the Mahabharata
Bountiful, generous; the name of King Bhoja
Shiva, "the guileless lord"
The Vedic seer Bhrigu, ancestor of the Bhargavas
"King", literally "guardian of the earth"
"Lord of the earth", a king
"King of the earth" in popular use; literally "chief of kings"
"King", lord of the earth
Ornament, adornment
"The world"
"Lord of the world"
"Lord of the world", a name of Shiva
"Heaven" in popular use; a modern name not in the dictionaries
A modern Kerala Christian name with no recorded meaning
"Playful one", a name of Krishna
Victory (jit) through valour (bikram, Sanskrit vikrama)
Water, moisture; the name of the Prophet's muezzin
"One who delights the world"; Sanskrit viśva + rañjana
"Lisping, stammering", from Latin blaesus
"Strength" in popular use; the Hebrew meaning is uncertain
Pet form of Robert, "bright with fame"
"Enlightenment", the awakened mind
"One whose essence is wisdom"; the Buddhist bodhisattva
"Wood, forest", from Italian bosco
"Bliss of Brahman", joy in the supreme spirit
"Lord of Braj", a name of Krishna
"The charmer of Braj", Krishna
"King of Braj", Krishna
"Of the brook"; English brook, a small stream
"Proof"; Arabic burhān, clear evidence
"Proof of the faith"; Arabic burhān al-dīn
No names match these filters yet.