Baird
Celtic: the minstrel
(Bard)

Barclay
Old English: from the meadows of the birch trees
(Bar, Barry, Barc, Berk, Berke, Berkly, Berkley, Berkeley, Burk, Burkley)

Barnabas
Greek: son of a prophecy
(Barnaby, Barney, Burnaby)

Baron
Old English: nobleman

Barry
Celtic: marksman, or spear warrior
Welsh: son of Harold

Barholomew
Aramaic: warlike son
(Bartolomeo, Bartlett, Bartolome, Bat)

Barton
Old English: from the barley farm
(Bart)

Baruch
Hebrew: the blessed one

Basil
Latin: one of great magnificence, like a king
(Basile, Vassily)

Baxter
Old English: a baker
(Bax, Baxi, Baxy)

Bayard
Teutonic: a man of reddish-brown hair
(Bay)

Beau
French: of great beauty, handsome
(Beafrot, Bo)

Beauregard
French: handsome to look at

Ben
Hebrew: son of
(Benny, Bennie)

Ben ami
Hebrew: some of my people

Benedict
Latin: blessed
(Ben, Bendix, Benny, Bennett, Benet, Benoit, Bendik, Benedetto, Benito, Benedikt)

Benjamin
Hebrew: son of the right hand, he who sits on the right hand of his father
(Ben, Benjy, Benny, Benson)

Benton
Old English: man who comes from the moor
(Bent)

Berg
German: a mountain

Bernard
Germanic: the stern bear
(Barney, Barnard, Bernardo, Bernie, Berne)

Bevan
Welsh: son of Evan
(Bev, Bevin, Bevon)

Bing
Old German: hollow, or he who lives in the hollow

Birch
Old English: like the birch tree, or someone who lives by the birch tree
(Birk, Burk, Burch)

Blair
Gaelic: a man of the flatlands

Blaise
Greek: the flat-footed one
(Blase, Blaze, Blasius)

Blake
Old English: being of fair complexion, or fair-haired

Bogart
Old French: strong and powerful as a crossbow
(Bo, Bogey, Bogie)

Bond
Teutonic: he who tills the soil, a farmer

Boone
Old French: good, or honest
(Boonie, Booney)

Booth
Celtic: abode, or home
(Boothe)

Borg
Scandivavian: from the castle

Boris
Slavic: belonging to the warrior caste

Bowie
Gaelic: yellow-haired
(Boy, Bowen, Boyd)

Boyce
Old French: from the woods
(Boy)

Bradley
Anglo-Saxon: of the broad meadow
(Brad, Brady)

Brady
Gaelic: spirited one

Brandon
Anglo-Saxon: quick sword, or flaming hill
(Brendan, Brennan, Brent)

Brent
Old English: a steep climb
(Brenton)

Brett
French: native of Brittany, a region in the north of France
(Bret, Brit, Britt)

Brian
Celtic: strong
(Brion, Briant, Bryan, Bryant, Bryon)

Brock
Gaelic: the badger

Brodie
Welsh: brother

Broderick
Celtic: a combination of Brad and Richard, meaning fertile flat land
(Brodric, Rick)

Bromley
Old English: brushwood, or dweller in the meadow
(Bromlea, Bromleigh, Brom, Lea, Lee, Leigh)

Brooke
Anglo-Saxon: a stream
(Brook, Brooks, Brookie, Brooky)

Bruce
French: brushwood thicket
(Brucie)

Bubba
German: a boy
(Babe, Babba, Bubby)

Buck
Old English: deer
(Buckie, Bucky)

Bud
Anglo-Saxon: messanger
Gaelic: victorious
(Budd, Buddy)

Burke
Anglo-Saxon and German: a castle

Burton
Old English: fortress
(Burt, Butch)

Byrd
Old English: being like a bird

Byron
Anglo-Saxon: bear
Old French: cottage
(Biron, Byram, Byran, Byrann, Byrom, Byrum)