Bambina
Italian: girl child
(Bambi, Bambilina)

Barbara
Roman: foreign or unusual
(Barbette, Babs, Barbi, Barbie, Barby, Barbra, Bobbie, Body)

Bathsheba
Hebrew: fulfillment of a vow
(Batsheva, Bathshua, Sheba)

Beatrice
Latin: the bearer of happiness, or a blessing
(Bea, Beatriz, Bebe, Beatrix, Beatty, Trixie, Trixy)

Belinda
Latin: beautiful serpent

Belle
French: beautiful
(Bel, Bela, Bella)

Benita
Latin: feminine for Benedict
(Benetta, Benedicta, Benicia, Benoite, Betta)

Bernadette
Germanic and French: femine of Bernard
(Bernadine, Bernadot, Bernetta Bernie, Berta)

Bernice
Greek: bringer of victory
(Barry, Berenice, Berrie, Berry, Bernie, Bunny)

Bertha
Teutonic: bright of shining
(Bertha, Berta, Birdie, Bert, Bertie)

Beryl
Greek: dazzling jewel

Bess
same as Elizabeth
(Bessie)

Beth
Scottish Gaelic: breath of life
Hebrew: house, also short for Elizabeth

Bethany
Hebrew:worshiper of God, devoted disciple of God
(Beth, Bethanie)

Betsy
same as Elizabeth

Beulah
Hebrew: married

Beverly
Anglo-Saxon: woman who resides by the meadow of the beavers
(Bev, Beverlee, Beverley)

Bianca
Italian: white
(Biancha, Biana)

Bibi
French: a toy, a bauble
(Bubbles)

Billie
feminine for William

Blanche
French: white

Blaze
Old English: flame
(Blaise)

Bliss
Anglo-Saxon: total joy or bliss

Blythe
Anglo-Saxon: full of joy

Bo
Chinese: precious one

Bonita
Spanish: pretty
(Bonnie, Bonny, Nita)

Bree
Middle English: broth
(Brei)

Brenda
Germanic: flame
(Bren, Brenna)

Briana
Celtic: feminie for Brian
(Bri)

Bridget
Irish: strong
(Biddy, Birgitt, Bride, Brigid, Briditte, Brit, Brita, Bryde, Bitte)

Brier
French: heather, after the ground-covering plant

Brina
Slavic: protector
(Bree Bri, Ina)

Brook
Old English: the brook, or the stream
(Brooke)

Brunhilda
Teutonic: armed warrior, or powerful woman
(Brunhild, Brunhidle, Brunnhilde, Brynhild, Brynhilda, Brynhilde)

Bunny
form of Barbara, Bernice or Roberta
(Bunnie)

Butterfly
Old English: after the delicate butterly