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<li><a name="BAR-JESUS"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BAR-JESUS</font></b></a><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Anglicized form of Greek <a href="male_b_names.htm#BARIESOU">Bariesou</a>, meaning "son
of <a href="male_j_names_2.htm#JESUS">Jesus</a>." In the New Testament
bible, this is the name of a false prophet.</font></li>
<li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BARNABY</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Old English form of Greek <a href="male_b_names.htm#BARNABAS">Barnabas</a>,
meaning "son of
exhortation." </font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BARNEY</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English pet form of <a href="#BERNARD">Bernard</a>
"bold as a bear" and Greek <a href="male_b_names.htm#BARNABAS">Barnabas</a>
"son of exhortation." </font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="BARRET">BARRET</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English byname for a quarrelsome person. It became a surname, then
transferred to a forename, derived from Middle English <i>barat</i>, a derivative of
<i>barater</i>, meaning "to haggle," hence "haggler."
</font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BARRETT</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Variant spelling of
English <a href="#BARRET">Barret</a>, meaning "haggler."</font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BARRIE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Variant spelling of English <a href="#BARRY">Barry</a>, meaning
"fair-headed."</font></li>
<li><b><a name="BARRY"><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BARRY</font></a></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">: Anglicized form of
Irish Gaelic <a href="male_b_names.htm#BARRA">Barra</a>, meaning
"fair-headed." </font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="BART">BART</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Short form of English <a href="#BARTHOLOMEW">Bartholomew</a>, meaning "son of <a href="male_t_names.htm#TALMAI">Talmai</a>."</font></li>
<li><b><a name="BARTHOLOMEW"><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BARTHOLOMEW</font></a></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English form of French <a href="male_b_names.htm#BARTHOLOMIEU">Bartholomieu</a>, meaning "son of <a href="male_t_names.htm#TALMAI">Talmai</a>."
In the New Testament bible, this is
the name of one of the twelve apostles.
</font></li>
<li><a name="BARTLET"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BARTLET</font></b></a><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Diminutive form of English <a href="#BARTHOLOMEW">Bartholomew</a>, meaning
"son
of <a href="male_t_names.htm#TALMAI">Talmai</a>." </font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BARTLEY</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Old English name meaning "<a href="#BART">Bart</a>'s (<a href="#BARTHOLOMEW">Bartholomew</a>'s)
meadow."</font></li>
<li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="BARUCH">BARUCH</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Anglicized form of Hebrew <a href="male_b_names_2.htm#BARUWK">Baruwk</a>, meaning
"blessed." In the bible, this is the name of several characters,
including a faithful attendant of <a href="male_english_names_09.htm#JEREMIAH">Jeremiah</a>
to whom the apocryphal <i>Book of Baruch</i> is ascribed.</font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BARZILAI</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Anglicized form of Hebrew <a href="male_b_names_2.htm#BARZILLAY">Barzillay</a>,
meaning "man of iron."
</font></li>
<li><a name="BARZILLAI"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BARZILLAI</font></b></a><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Anglicized form of Hebrew <a href="male_b_names_2.htm#BARZILLAY">Barzillay</a>,
meaning "man of iron." In
the bible, this is the name of several characters, including a Gileadite
leader who helped <a href="male_english_names_05.htm#DAVID">David</a> against
<a href="male_english_names.htm#ABSALOM">Absalom</a>'s
rebellion.
</font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BAS</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Short form of English <a href="#BASIL">Basil</a>,
meaning "king" or "basil (the herb)."</font></li>
<li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="BASIL">BASIL</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">: English
form of French <a href="male_b_names_2.htm#BASILE">Basile</a>, meaning "king." Also sometimes
given as an herb
name.</font></li>
<li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BASSETT</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English name
derived from the Old French word <i>basset</i>, a byname for a short
person, derived from a diminutive form of the word <i>basse</i> ("low, short"),
hence, "shorty."</font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BASTIAN</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Short form of English <a href="male_english_names_14.htm#SEBASTIAN">Sebastian</a>, meaning
"from Sebaste."</font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BAXTER</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Old English occupational surname transferred to forename use,
derived from the word <i>bæcestre</i>, "female baker," the feminine form of <i>bæcere</i>,
"(male) baker."</font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BAZ</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Pet form of English <a href="#BASIL">Basil</a>,
meaning "king" or "basil (the herb)."
</font></li>
<li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BEAU</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Originally an English pet name meaning "handsome," derived from
the French word, <i>beau</i>, meaning "beautiful." Later, in the 19th
century, it was used as a word meaning "admirer" or
"sweetheart." Its use as a forename seems to have been due to
Wren's novel <i>Beau Geste</i> (1924) and the character Beau Wilkes in
Mitchell's <i>Gone With the Wind</i> (1936). </font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BEAVIS</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Variant spelling of English <a href="#BEVIS">Bevis</a>, possibly
meaning "shining one."</font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="BEDIVERE">BEDIVERE</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Anglicized form of Welsh <a href="male_b_names_2.htm#BEDWYR">Bedwyr</a>,
possibly meaning "grave-knower,"
inferring "one who knows (<a href="male_english_names_02.htm#ARTHUR">Arthur</a>'s)
grave." In Arthurian legend, this is the name
of a <a href="male_arthurian_legend_names_02.htm#KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE"> Knight of the Round Table</a> who returned
<a href="male_arthurian_legend_names.htm#EXCALIBUR"> Excalibur</a> to the <a href="female_arthurian_legend_names.htm#LADY OF THE LAKE"> Lady of the
Lake</a> after <a href="male_arthurian_legend_names.htm#ARTHUR, KING"> King Arthur</a>'s death. Described as being one-handed, he was still
an excellent warrior. In Welsh, his full name was Bedwyr Bedrydant, meaning
"Bedivere of the Perfect Sinews."</font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="BEELZEBUB">BEELZEBUB</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Anglicized form of Greek <a href="male_b_names_2.htm#BEELZEBOUL">Beelzeboul</a>, meaning
"lord of dung." In the New Testament bible, this is a name for <a href="male_s_names.htm#SATAN">Satan</a>,
the prince of evil spirits. </font></li>
<li><a name="BELSHAZZAR"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BELSHAZZAR</font></b></a><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Anglicized form of Hebrew <a href="male_b_names_2.htm#BELSHA'TSTSAR">Belsha'tstsar</a>, meaning "<a href="male_b_names.htm#BA'AL">Ba'al</a>
protect the king." In the bible, this is the name of a king of Babylon
at the time of its fall; he to whom <a href="male_english_names_04.htm#DANIEL">Daniel</a>
interpreted the writing on the wall.</font></li>
<li><a name="BELTESHAZZAR"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BELTESHAZZAR</font></b></a><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Anglicized form of Babylonian <a href="male_b_names_2.htm#BELTESHA'TSTSAR">Beltesha'tstsar</a>,
meaning "<a href="male_b_names.htm#BA'AL">Ba'al</a>'s
prince." In the bible, this is <a href="male_english_names_04.htm#DANIEL">Daniel</a>
the prophet's Babylonian name. </font></li>
<li>
<p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="BEN">BEN</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Short form of English <a href="#BENJAMIN">Benjamin</a> "son of
the right hand" and <a href="#BENEDICT">Benedict</a> "blessed." </font></li>
<li>
<p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BENAIAH</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Anglicized form of Hebrew <a href="male_b_names_2.htm#BENAYAH">Benayah</a> and
<a href="male_b_names_2.htm#BENAYAHU">Benayahu</a>,
meaning "God has built." In the bible, this is
the name of the captain of <a href="male_english_names_05.htm#DAVID">David</a>'s guard and many other
characters.</font></li>
<li>
<p align="left"><b><a name="BENEDICT"><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BENEDICT</font></a></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English form of French <a href="male_b_names_2.htm#BÉNÉDICT"> Bénédict</a>, meaning "blessed." </font></li>
<li>
<p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="BENET">BENET</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">: Variant spelling of English
<a href="#BENNETT">Bennett</a>,
meaning "blessed." Compare with another form of <a href="male_b_names_2.htm#BENET">Benet</a>.</font>
</li>
<li>
<p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BENETT</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Variant spelling of English <a href="#BENNETT">Bennett</a>, meaning "blessed."</font></li>
<li>
<p align="left"><b><a name="BENJAMIN"><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BENJAMIN</font></a></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">: Anglicized
form of Greek <a href="male_b_names_2.htm#BENIAMÍN"> Beniamín</a> from Hebrew
<a href="male_b_names_3.htm#BINYAMIN">Binyamin</a>, meaning "son of
the right hand." In
the bible, this is the name of one of the founders of the
twelve tribes of Israel, the youngest of <a href="male_english_names_09.htm#JACOB">Jacob</a>'s
twelve sons. His birth name was <a href="male_b_names_2.htm#BENONI">Benoni</a>,
given to him by his mother who died giving birth to him. Not wanting his son
to bear such an ill-omened name, Jacob changed his name to Binyamin/Benjamin,
because he was the only son born in southern Canaan instead of northern
Mesopotamia. Compare with another form of <a href="male_b_names_2.htm#BENJAMIN">Benjamin</a>.</font>
</li>
<li>
<p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BENJI</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Pet form of English <a href="#BENJAMIN">Benjamin</a>,
meaning "son of
the right hand."</font></li>
<li>
<p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BENJIE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Pet form of English <a href="#BENJAMIN">Benjamin</a>,
meaning "son of
the right hand."</font></li>
<li>
<p align="left"><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><b>BENJY</b></font><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Pet form of English <a href="#BENJAMIN">Benjamin</a>,
meaning "son of
the right hand."</font></li>
<li>
<p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BENNET</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Variant spelling of English <a href="#BENNETT">Bennett</a>,
meaning "blessed."
</font></li>
<li>
<p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="BENNETT">BENNETT</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Medieval form of English <a href="#BENEDICT">Benedict</a>, meaning
"blessed." </font></li>
<li>
<p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BENNIE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Pet form of English <a href="#BENJAMIN">Benjamin</a>
"son of
the right hand" and <a href="#BENEDICT">Benedict</a>
"blessed."</font></li>
<li>
<p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BENNY</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Pet form of English <a href="#BENJAMIN">Benjamin</a>
"son of
the right hand" and <a href="#BENEDICT">Benedict</a>
"blessed."</font></li>
<li>
<p align="left"><a name="BEN-ONI"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BEN-ONI</font></b></a><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Anglicized form of Hebrew <a href="male_b_names_2.htm#BEN-OWNIY">Ben-Owniy</a>, meaning
"son of my sorrow." In the bible, this is the name given to <a href="#BENJAMIN">Benjamin</a>
by his mother <a href="female_r_names.htm#RACHEL">Rachel</a> as she died
giving birth to him.</font></li>
<li>
<p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="BENONI">BENONI</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Anglicized form of Hebrew <a href="male_b_names_2.htm#BEN-OWNIY">Ben-Owniy</a>, meaning
"son of my sorrow." In the bible, this is the name given to <a href="#BENJAMIN">Benjamin</a>
by his mother <a href="female_r_names.htm#RACHEL">Rachel</a> as she died
giving birth to him.</font></li>
<li>
<p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BENSON</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English surname transferred to forename use, meaning "son of <a href="#BEN">Ben</a>."</font></li>
<li>
<p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BENTLEY</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the name of various places
composed of the Old English elements <i>beonet</i>, "bent grass" and <i>lēah</i>
"clearing, meadow" hence "bent grass meadow."</font></li>
<li>
<p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BENTON</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the name of a place in Northumbria composed of the Old English elements <i>beonet</i> "bent grass" and <i>tūn</i>
"enclosure; settlement," hence "bent grass settlement."</font></li>
<li>
<p align="left"><a name="BERKELEY"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BERKELEY</font></b></a><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English habitational surname transferred to forename use, composed of the
Old English elements <i>be</i>(<i>o</i>)<i>rc</i> "birch" and <i>leah</i>
"clearing, meadow, pasture," hence "birch tree meadow."</font></li>
<li>
<p align="left"><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="BERNARD">BERNARD</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">: English form of Anglo-Saxon
<a href="male_b_names_3.htm#BEORNHEARD">Beornheard</a>,
meaning "bold as a bear." Compare with another form of <a href="male_b_names_3.htm#BERNARD">Bernard</a>.</font>
</li>
<li>
<p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BERNIE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Pet form of English <a href="#BERNARD">Bernard</a>, meaning "bold as a bear."</font>
</li>
<li>
<p align="left"><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="BERRY">BERRY</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">: Variant
spelling of English <a href="#BARRY">Barry</a>, meaning
"fair-headed." Compare with feminine <a href="female_b_names_2.htm#BERRY">Berry</a>.</font>
</li>
<li>
<p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="BERT">BERT</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Modern English name derived from Old English <i>beorht</i>, meaning
"bright." Used as a short form of longer names containing the
same element. </font></li>
<li>
<p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="BERTIE">BERTIE</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Pet form of English <a href="#BERT">Bert</a>, meaning "bright." Compare
with feminine <a href="female_b_names_2.htm#BERTIE">Bertie</a>.</font></li>
<li>
<p align="left"><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><b><a name="BETHUEL">BETHUEL</a></b></font><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Anglicized form of Hebrew <a href="male_b_names_3.htm#BETHUW'EL">Bethuw'el</a>,
meaning "God destroys" or "man of God." In the bible, this is
the name of a town and also the name of the father of <a href="female_r_names.htm#REBECCA">Rebecca</a>.
</font></li>
<li>
<p align="left"><a name="BETUEL"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BETUEL</font></b></a><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Variant spelling of English <a href="#BETHUEL">Bethuel</a>, meaning "God
destroys" or "man of God."</font></li>
<li>
<p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BEVAN</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English surname transferred to forename use, from the Anglicized form of Welsh ap <a href="male_i_names.htm#IEFAN">Iefan</a>,
meaning "son of <a href="male_e_names_4.htm#EVAN">Evan</a>."</font></li>
<li>
<p align="left"><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="BEVERLEY">BEVERLEY</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">: English surname transferred to forename use,
derived from the
name of a place in Humberside composed of the Old English elements <i>beofor</i>
"beaver" and <i>lēac</i> "stream," hence
"beaver stream." The feminine
form of the name is spelled without the second "e"--<a href="female_b_names_2.htm#BEVERLY">Beverly</a>.</font></li>
<li>
<p align="left"><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="BEVIS">BEVIS</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">: English
surname transferred to forename use, probably from the Old French place name <i>Beauvais</i>,
in Oise, France which got its name from the Belgic tribe of the <i> Bellovaci</i>
(<i>Belovasci</i>) that some say is the name of the <i>Fir Bolg</i>
(the ancient Irish "shining ones") of Celtic mythology.</font>
</li>
<li>
<p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="BEZALEEL">BEZALEEL</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Anglicized form of Hebrew <a href="male_b_names_3.htm#BETSALEL">Betsalel</a>, meaning "in the shadow." In
the bible, this is the name of a son of <a href="male_u_names.htm#URI">Uri</a>
who was one of the architects of the tabernacle, and the name of an
Israelite. </font>
</li>
<li>
<p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BIFF</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Originally an American English boxing term, this name was later used as a
byname for a tough-guy. Finally it transferred to a forename, and it still carries the same
original meaning,
"a blow with the fist."</font>
</li>
<li>
<p align="left"><a name="BIGVAI"><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BIGVAI</font></b></a><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Anglicized form of Hebrew <a href="male_b_names_3.htm#BIGVAY">Bigvay</a>, meaning
"gardener, husbandman" or "in my bodies." In the bible,
this is the name of a man who was a leader amongst the Babylonian exile
returnees.</font>
</li>
<li>
<p align="left"><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BILL</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Pet form of English <a href="male_english_names_16.htm#WILLIAM">William</a>,
meaning "will-helmet."
</font></li>
<li>
<p align="left"><a name="BILLY"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BILLY</font></b></a><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Pet form of English <a href="male_english_names_16.htm#WILLIAM">William</a>,
meaning "will-helmet."</font></li>
<li>
<p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="BLAIN">BLAIN</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the old Scottish Gaelic personal name
<a href="male_b_names_3.htm#BLÁÁN">Bláán</a>,
meaning "little yellow one."</font></li>
<li>
<p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BLAINE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Variant spelling of English <a href="#BLAIN">Blain</a>, meaning "little yellow
one."</font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="BLAIZE">BLAIZE</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English variant spelling of French <a href="male_b_names_3.htm#BLAISE">Blaise</a>, meaning "talks
with a lisp."</font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BLAKE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Old English byname for a person having unusually dark or light hair or
skin. It later became a surname then a popular forename. It comes from two
Old English words: 1) <i>blæc</i> "black," and, 2) <i>blāc</i> "white."
It can therefore mean either "black" or "white." </font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BLAZE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Variant spelling of English <a href="#BLAIZE">Blaize</a>, meaning "talks
with a lisp."</font></li>
<li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BLISS</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Old English unisex name derived from the vocabulary word <i>bliss</i>, meaning
"joy; happiness." </font></li>
<li><a name="BLYTHE"><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BLYTHE</font></b></a><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">: Old English surname transferred to
unisex forename use, derived from the word <i> blīðe</i>, meaning "cheerful,
happy."</font></li>
<li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="BOAZ">BOAZ</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Anglicized form of Hebrew <a href="male_b_names_3.htm#BO'AZ">Bo'az</a>, meaning
"swiftness." In the bible, this is the name of a Bethlehemite who
married <a href="female_r_names_3.htm#RUTH">Ruth</a>.</font></li>
<li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BOB</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Short form of English <a href="male_english_names_14.htm#ROBERT">Robert</a>, meaning "bright
fame." </font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="BOBBI">BOBBI</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Unisex pet form of English <a href="male_english_names_14.htm#ROBERT">Robert</a>
and <a href="female_r_names_2.htm#ROBERTA">Roberta</a>, meaning "bright
fame." </font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="BOBBY">BOBBY</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Pet form of English <a href="male_english_names_14.htm#ROBERT">Robert</a>, meaning
"bright fame."</font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="BONIFACE">BONIFACE</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Short form of Latin <a href="male_b_names_4.htm#BONIFATIUS">Bonifatius</a>,
meaning "good destiny/fate." In use by the French and occasionally
the English.</font></li>
<li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BOOKER</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English occupational surname transferred to forename use, originally
denoting both a "book-binder" and a "scribe."</font></li>
<li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BRAD</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Short form of English names beginning with
Brad-, from Old English <i>brád</i>,
meaning "broad." </font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BRADBURN</font></b><font size="2" color="#FFFFFF">: English
surname transferred to forename use, composed of the Old English elements <i>brad</i>
"broad" and <i>burna</i> "stream," hence "broad
stream."</font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="BRADEN">BRADEN</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English surname transferred to forename use, from an Anglicized form of
Irish Gaelic <i> Ó Bradain</i>, meaning "descendant of <a href="male_b_names_4.htm#BRADÁN">Bradán</a>,"
hence "salmon."</font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BRADFORD</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English habitational surname transferred to forename
use, composed of the Old English elements <i>brád</i> "broad" and <i>ford</i>
"ford, river crossing" hence "broad river crossing."</font></li>
<li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="BRADLEY">BRADLEY</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English habitational surname
transferred to forename use, composed of the Old English elements <i>brád</i>
"broad" and <i>leah</i> "meadow, woodland clearing,"
broad meadow."</font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="BRADY">BRADY</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Irish surname transferred to unisex forename use, derived
from an Anglicized form of Gaelic <i> Ó Brádaigh</i> "descendant of
<a href="male_b_names_4.htm#BRÁDACH">Brádach</a>,"
hence "large-chested."</font>
</li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BRAEDEN</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Variant spelling of English <a href="#BRADEN">Braden</a>, meaning
"salmon." </font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BRAIDEN</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Variant spelling of English <a href="#BRADEN">Braden</a>,
meaning "salmon."
</font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BRAIDY</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Variant spelling of English unisex <a href="#BRADY">Brady</a>, possibly meaning
"large-chested." </font></li>
<li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="BRAN">BRAN</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">: Short form of English <a href="#BRANDON">Brandon</a>,
meaning "broom-covered hill," and other names beginning with
Bran-. Compare with other forms of <a href="male_b_names_4.htm#BRAN">Bran</a>.</font>
</li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BRANDEN</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Variant spelling of English <a href="#BRANDON">Brandon</a>, meaning "broom-covered
hill."</font>
</li>
<li><b><a name="BRANDON"><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BRANDON</font></a></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English surname transferred to forename use, from the name of various places most of which were composed of the
Old English elements <i>brom</i> "broom" and <i>dun</i> "hill,"
hence "broom-covered hill."</font>
</li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="BRANDT">BRANDT</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English surname transferred to forename use, from Anglo-Saxon <a href="#BRAND">Brand</a>,
meaning "blade, sword."</font>
</li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BRANNON</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Variant spelling of English <a href="#BRANDON">Brandon</a>, meaning
"broom-covered hill." </font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="BRANT">BRANT</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Variant spelling of English <a href="#BRANDT">Brandt</a>, meaning
"blade, sword."</font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BRAYDEN</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Variant spelling of English <a href="#BRADEN">Braden</a>,
meaning "salmon."
</font></li>
<li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="BRENDAN">BRENDAN</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">: Anglicized
form of Irish Gaelic <a href="male_b_names_4.htm#BREÁNDAN"> Breándan</a>, meaning
"prince."</font>
</li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BRENDEN</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Variant spelling of English <a href="#BRENDAN">Brendan</a>, meaning
"prince."</font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BRENDON</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Variant spelling of English <a href="#BRENDAN">Brendan</a>,
meaning "prince."
</font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BRENNAN</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Irish surname transferred to forename use, from an Anglicized form of Gaelic
<i>
Ó Braonáin</i>, "descendant of <a href="male_b_names_4.htm#BRAONÁN"> Braonán</a>," hence "little
drop." </font>
</li>
<li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="BRENT">BRENT</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English
surname transferred to forename use having several possible origins:
</font>
<ol />
<li><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">From an
Old English byname for a criminal who had
been "branded." For example, the surname <i>Brendcheke</i>
"burned cheek" came from such a byname. </font>
</li>
<li><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">From
a habitational name derived either from Old English <i>brant</i> "steep"
or an old British Celtic word meaning "high place." </font>
</li>
<li><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">From
a topographic name for someone who "lives by the ground cleared by
fire," from Middle English <i>brend</i>, from <i>brennan</i>
"to burn."</font>
</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BRENTON</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Habitational surname transferred to forename use,
composed of the Old English elements <i>bryne</i>, meaning "fire, flame,"
and <i>tun</i>
"enclosure, settlement, town," hence "fire town."</font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BRET</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Variant spelling of English <a href="#BRETT">Brett</a>, meaning "a Breton." </font></li>
<li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="BRETT">BRETT</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English unisex name meaning, "a
Breton."</font></li>
<li><b><a name="BRIAN"><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BRIAN</font></a></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">: Old French derogatory byname derived from the Old
Occitan word <i>brian</i>, meaning "maggot." Compare with
another form of <a href="male_b_names_4.htm#BRIAN">Brian</a>.</font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BRIAR</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English unisex name derived from the plant name <i>briar</i>, from Old
English <i>brer</i>, meaning "prickly bush."
</font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BRIGHAM</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English surname transferred to forename
use, from a place name composed of the Old English elements <i>brycg</i> "bridge" and <i>ham</i>
"homestead," hence "homestead by the bridge."</font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BRISCOE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English surname transferred to forename use,
from the name of various places, most of which were composed of the Old
Norse elements <i>birki</i>
"birch" and <i>skógr</i> "wood," hence "birch
wood."</font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BRITTON</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English surname transferred to forename use, meaning "from Britain."</font></li>
<li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BROCK</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Surname transferred to forename use, derived from Old English <i>brocc</i> meaning
"badger."</font></li>
<li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BRODERICK</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Welsh surname transferred to forename use, from an Anglicized form of the personal name
<a href="male_r_names_2.htm#RHYDDERCH">Rhydderch</a>,
meaning "reddish-brown." </font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="BRODIE">BRODIE</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Modern English variant spelling of Irish <a href="male_b_names_4.htm#BRODY">Brody</a>, meaning
"ditch." </font></li>
<li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="BROOK">BROOK</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">: English
surname transferred to unisex forename use, from Old English <i>broc</i>,
meaning "brook, stream."</font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BROOKE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Variant spelling of English unisex <a href="#BROOK">Brook</a>, meaning "brook,
stream."</font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BROOKS</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English surname transferred to forename use, meaning "of the
brook."</font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BROSE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Short form of English <a href="male_a_names_6.htm#AMBROSE">Ambrose</a>, meaning
"immortal."</font></li>
<li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BRUCE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Scottish surname transferred to forename use, possibly meaning "woods;
thicket." It was originally a Norman French baronial name but the exact location from which it was derived has not been
identified and the number of possibilities are numerous. In use by the
English.</font></li>
<li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="BRUNO">BRUNO</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
German name derived from the word <i>braun</i>, meaning "brown." In
use by the English.</font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="BRUTUS">BRUTUS</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Roman Latin name meaning "heavy" or "the dullard." In
use by the English.</font></li>
<li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="BRYAN">BRYAN</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from Irish <a href="male_b_names_4.htm#BRIAN">Brian</a>, meaning
"high hill."</font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BRYANT</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from Irish <a href="male_b_names_4.htm#BRIAN">Brian</a>, meaning
"high hill."</font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BRYON</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Variant spelling of English <a href="#BRYAN">Bryan</a>, meaning
"high hill."</font></li>
<li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BUCK</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
From the American English pet name for a "high-spirited young man,"
from the vocabulary word <i>buck</i>, meaning "male deer or goat."</font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BUD</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Short form of English <a href="#BUDDY">Buddy</a>, meaning "companion."</font></li>
<li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="BUDDY">BUDDY</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English name derived from the vocabulary, which may be an altered form of
"brother" or, more likely, a variant spelling of British <i>butty</i>,
meaning "companion." </font></li>
<li><a name="BURNEY"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BURNEY</font></b></a><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Irish surname transferred to forename use, from an Anglicized form of Gaelic
<i>Mac Biorna</i> "son of <a href="male_b_names_3.htm#BIORNA">Biorna</a>,"
hence "bear."</font></li>
<li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BURT</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Short form of English <a href="#BURTON">Burton</a>, meaning "fortified
settlement."</font></li>
<li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="BURTON">BURTON</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English surname transferred to forename
use, composed of the Old English elements <i>burh</i>
"fortress, protection" and <i>tun</i> "enclosure, settlement," hence
"fortified settlement."</font></li>
<li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BUSTER</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English slang term for someone who breaks
things transferred to forename use, originally derived from the verb <i>bust</i>,
meaning "to break, smash," hence "breaker, destroyer, smasher."</font></li>
<li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BUTCH</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Originally a short from of the occupational surname <i>Butcher</i>. Later it was
used to address a stranger in a sort of derogatory manner. For example,
"Listen here, Butch..."</font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BUZ</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Anglicized form of Hebrew <a href="male_b_names_5.htm#BUWZ">Buwz</a>, meaning
"contempt." In the bible, this is the name of a son of <a href="male_n_names.htm#NACHOR">Nachor</a>.</font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BYRNE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Irish surname transferred to forename use, from an
Anglicized form of Gaelic <i> Ó Broin</i> "descendant of <a href="#BRAN">Bran</a>,"
hence "raven."</font></li>
<li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="BYRON">BYRON</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English surname transferred to forename use, from the Old English phrase <i>æt
ðæm byrum</i> ("at the byres or cattle-sheds"). The
name was usually
given to someone whose job it was to look after cattle.</font>
</li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BYSSHE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English surname transferred to forename use, from a variant spelling of the surname
<i>Bush</i>, meaning "bush."</font>
</li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="CADE">CADE</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English surname transferred to forename use,
originally
a byname for someone or something "round
and lumpy."</font>
</li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="CADEN">CADEN</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Irish surname transferred
to forename use, from <i>McCadden</i>, an Anglicized
form of Gaelic <i>Mac Cadáin</i>
"son of <a href="male_c_names.htm#CADÁN">Cadán</a>,"
hence "little battle." </font>
</li>
<li><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><b><a name="CADENCE">CADENCE</a></b></font><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English unisex name derived
from the vocabulary word, from Latin <i>cadens</i> "to fall,"
hence "flow of rhythm." </font>
</li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">CADOGAN</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Anglicized form of Welsh <a href="male_c_names.htm#CADWGAWN">Cadwgawn</a>,
meaning "battle glory."</font>
</li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="CAIN">CAIN</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Anglicized form of Hebrew <a href="male_q_names.htm#QAYIN">Qayin</a>
("acquired, possessed") and Greek <a href="male_k_names.htm#KAÏN"> Kaïn</a>
("maker; fabricator" i.e. "smith"). In the
bible, this is the name of <a href="male_english_names.htm#ADAM">Adam</a>
and <a href="female_e_names_4.htm#EVE">Eve</a>'s first son
who killed his brother <a href="male_english_names.htm#ABEL">Abel</a>. </font>
</li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="CAINAN">CAINAN</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">: </font>
<ol>
<li><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">Anglicized form of
Hebrew <a href="male_q_names.htm#QEYNAN">Qeynan</a>, meaning "possession." In the bible, this
is the name of a son of <a href="male_english_names_06.htm#ENOSH">Enosh</a>. </font></li>
<li><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">Anglicized form of
Greek <a href="male_k_names.htm#KAÏNAM"> Kaïnam</a>, meaning "their smith." In
the New Testament bible, this is the name of a son
of an ancestor of <a href="male_c_names_3.htm#CHRIST">Christ</a>.</font></li>
</ol>
</li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">CAIRO</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
American English name derived from the name of the
Egyptian city of <i>Cairo</i>, from Arabic <i>al-Qāhira</i>,
meaning "victorious." </font>
</li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">CAL</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Short form of English <a href="#CALVIN">Calvin</a>
"little bald one," and other names
beginning with Cal-.</font>
</li>
<li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2">CALDER</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">: English surname transferred to forename
use, probably from the place name <i>Calder</i> in Cumbria, composed of the
Welsh elements <i>caled</i>
"hard; violent," and <i>dwfr</i> "stream,
water," hence "violent water."</font>
</li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">CALE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Short form of English <a href="#CALEB">Caleb</a>, meaning
"dog" or "rabid."</font>
</li>
<li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="CALEB">CALEB</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Anglicized form of Hebrew <a href="male_k_names.htm#KALEB">Kaleb</a>,
meaning "dog" or "rabid." In the bible, this is the name of one of the twelve spies sent into Israel by
<a href="male_english_names_12.htm#MOSES">Moses</a>.</font>
</li>
<li><a name="CALVERT"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">CALVERT</font></b></a><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English occupational surname transferred to forename
use, derived from Middle English <i>calfhirde</i>,
meaning "calf-herder."</font>
</li>
<li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="CALVIN">CALVIN</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English name derived from Latin <a href="male_c_names.htm#CALVINUS">Calvinus</a>,
meaning "little bald one."</font>
</li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">CAM</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Short form of Scottish unisex <a href="#CAMERON">Cameron</a>
("crooked nose"), and other names
beginning with Cam-.</font>
</li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">CAMDEN</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English surname transferred
to forename use, composed of the Old English elements <i>camp</i>
"enclosure" and <i>denu</i>
"valley," hence "enclosed valley."</font>
</li>
<li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="CAMERON">CAMERON</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Scottish surname transferred
to unisex forename use, from the name of the great
Highland clans whose ancestor had an
ungraceful proboscis, composed of the Gaelic elements <i>
cam</i> "bent, crooked" and <i> sròn</i> "nose,"
hence "crooked nose."</font>
</li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">CAMP</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English short form of Scottish <a href="male_c_names.htm#CAMPBELL">Campbell</a>,
meaning "crooked mouth."</font>
</li>
<li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="CAMPION">CAMPION</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Norman French surname transferred to English forename use,
derived from the word <i>campion</i>, which was originally a status name for a professional
"champion."</font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">CAMRON</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
English masculine variant spelling of Scottish <a href="#CAMERON">Cameron</a>, meaning
"crooked nose."</font></li>
<li><a name="CANAN"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">CANAN</font></b></a><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Anglicized form of Hebrew <a href="male_c_names_2.htm#CHANAN">Chanan</a>,
meaning "compassionate, merciful." In the bible, this is
the name of many characters, including a chief of the tribe of
<a href="#BENJAMIN">Benjamin</a>. </font></li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="CARBREY">CARBREY</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Anglicized form of Gaelic <a href="male_c_names.htm#CAIRBRE">Cairbre</a>,
meaning "charioteer." In Irish and Scottish
use.</font>
</li>
<li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">CARBRY</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Variant spelling of English <a href="#CARBREY">Carbrey</a>, meaning
"charioteer."</font>
</li>
<li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="CAREY">CAREY</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
Variant spelling of English unisex <a href="male_english_names_04.htm#CARY">Cary</a>,
meaning "dark one." </font>
</li>
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