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Names with meaning.

3,600+ baby names from 25 cultures, each with its meaning, origin, pronunciation and story.

First letter

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12 names

English

Brooks

Brook; stream

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English

Beckett

Uncertain; possibly beak or stream

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Spanish

Benicio

Good, through the Benizi surname

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Sanskrit

Bodhi

Awakening; enlightenment

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English · Welsh

Bowen

Son of Owain

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Vietnamese

Bao

Treasure; jewel

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Persian

Bardia

Exalted; lofty

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Arabic

Bassam

Smiling; cheerful

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French · Greek

Bastien

From Sebaste, through Sébastien

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Danish · Old Norse

Bjarke

Danish pet form of Bjørn

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Yoruba

Bolaji

One who wakes with wealth

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