Battle of the Bs

Girl Names
1

B names are not my favorite, but I’m planning on using one to honor my grandmother, someone very special to me. Unfortunately she doesn’t have a middle name and I asked for her Hebrew name and it is not much different than her secular name. Help me choose which name to honor her by. Her secular name is [name_f]Bernice[/name_f] nn [name_f]Betty[/name_f]. Give mine your opinion and other options for uncommon B names!

Options (so far):
[name_f]Beryl[/name_f]- her Hebrew name. Nn [name_u]Berry[/name_u]

[name_f]Berenice[/name_f]- ber-nees or bare-uh-nees or Bare-reh-ny-see, nn [name_u]Berry[/name_u]

[name_f]Bina[/name_f]- cute

2

First thoughts that came to mind:

[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] (nn [name_f]Betty[/name_f])
[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Bernadette[/name_f] (nn [name_f]Betty[/name_f])
[name_f]Bernadine[/name_f] (nn [name_u]Bernie[/name_u])

3

I like [name_f]Bina[/name_f] from your list, and I’ve seen Biba before too which I think is so peppy and lively.

[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] and [name_f]Betty[/name_f] are also lovely.

[name_f]Birdie[/name_f]
[name_f]Behati[/name_f]
[name_f]Bardot[/name_f]
Badou
[name_u]Bell/name_u
[name_u]Bellamy[/name_u]
[name_f]Belen[/name_f]
Betony
[name_f]Briar[/name_f]/Bryher
[name_f]Bryony[/name_f]
[name_f]Bess[/name_f]
[name_f]Bria[/name_f]/[name_u]Brio[/name_u]

4

Apologies for repeats…

[name_f]Bryony[/name_f]
[name_f]Briana[/name_f]
[name_f]Briallen[/name_f]
[name_f]Bess[/name_f]
[name_f]Bethany[/name_f]
[name_f]Blythe[/name_f]
[name_u]Bayley[/name_u]
[name_f]Bernadette[/name_f]
Brontë
[name_u]Brooke[/name_u]
[name_f]Brynn[/name_f]
[name_f]Brenna[/name_f]
[name_f]Bethan[/name_f]
[name_f]Bethia[/name_f]
Berengaria
[name_f]Briar[/name_f]

5

[name_u]Blaire[/name_u]/[name_u]Blair[/name_u]
[name_f]Beverly[/name_f]
[name_f]Bianca[/name_f]

6

I love [name_f]Bina[/name_f]!!

Beanne
[name_f]Brenna[/name_f]
[name_u]Bay[/name_u]
[name_f]Beata[/name_f]
[name_f]Bianca[/name_f]
[name_f]Bronwen[/name_f]

7

[name_f]Bina[/name_f] is perfect!

[name_f]Bess[/name_f] / [name_f]Bessie[/name_f] would be my next choice :slight_smile:

8

[name_f]Bettie[/name_f]
[name_f]Betsie[/name_f]
[name_f]Beulah[/name_f]
[name_u]Billie[/name_u]
[name_f]Blythe[/name_f]
[name_f]Bernadette[/name_f]

9

I quite like [name_f]Beryl[/name_f] and am puzzled why it’s not more popular. A couple other ideas:

[name_f]Beth[/name_f]
[name_f]Bea[/name_f] - or full named [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] or [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Bette[/name_f] - could be pronounced as [name_f]Betty[/name_f] or “[name_f]Bet[/name_f]” like [name_f]Bette[/name_f] Midler

10

You have several “b” name options which are lovely. Frankly I couldn’t beat what has already been suggested if I tried. Bernadette is my favorite- I love Bernie plus you can get both Berry and Betty out of it.

However my question is if b names aren’t your favourite and a lot that is suggested is very different than the original name, how set are you on the letter B?
Eunice- it’s also Greek and has a similar meaning to Bernice
What about something like Venice or Vera? They don’t start with B but do share several letters
What about a name that can easily be shortened to Betty or Berry. Alberta is the first that comes to mind for Berry and Elizabeth is the obvious choice for betty but I am sure there are tons more.

I am a little bit of an "honor name purist’ so i would go with Bernice or Bernadette, but just wanted to point out different ways to honor. Best of luck