Names I Would Actually Use

  • Balthasar, Balthazar: from Belshatzzar, the Hebrew form of the Akkadian name Bel-sarra-usur meaning 'Ba'al protect the king'. Ba'al means 'lord' or 'possessor'. Baltazar is the name traditionally assigned to one of the wise men who visited the newborn Jesus.
  • Baylor: an English surname name; possibly derived from the legal term bailor meaning 'one who delivers goods'.
  • Brighton: a surname name; derived from a place name meaning 'bright town' in Old English. Also a place name; Brighton, England.
  • Brooks: an English surname name, a variant of Brook which denoted one who lived near a brook.

Guilty Pleasure:

  • Bartholomew: from Bartholomaios; the Greek form of an Aramaic name meaning 'son of Talmai'. Talmai means 'furrowed' in Hebrew.
  • Bastian: a nickname name, from the Latin name Sebastianus which meant 'from Sebaste'. Sebaste was the name a town in Asia Minor, its name deriving from Greek Sebastos 'venerable'.
  • Bentley: a surname name; derived from a place name meaning 'clearing covered with bent grass' in Old English. Various places in England bear this name.
  • Brosnan: an Irish surname name which means 'dweller near the Brosna River'.
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