Boys Names B: Meanings, Nicknames

Barclay

Barclay de Tolly

Barkley was a canine Sesame Street muppet

Barnabas

St. Barnabas

Barnabas Collins was the name of a vampire in the soap opera, Dark Shadows

Barrett

Barrett Foa

Barrett is more common as a surname than a given name

Barry

Barry Gibb

Barry became a popular name in the 1930s and was in the top 100 names though the 1970s.

Bartholomew

Bart Starr

Bartholomew the Apostle’s real name is believed to have been Nathaniel

Basil

Basil, Cardinal Hume

The name Basil was brought to England by the Crusaders

Baxter

Baxter Humby

Baxter Stockman is a fictional character and adversary of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Benedict

Benedicto Cabrera

There have been 15 Popes named Benedict and 3 anti-popes

Benjamin

Benjamin Balleret

Benjamin was the name of the youngest son of Jacob in the Bible

Bernard

Bernie Mac

Both Bernard and Bernardo have declined in popularity since 2000

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