Behind the Name: Felie's Personal Name List

Belmondo

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Croatian (Rare)

Rating: 25% based on 2 votes

Means "beautiful world", from Italian bel "beautiful, pleasant" and mondo "world". It is used as a surname in Italy.

Berenice

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, Italian, Ancient Greek (Latinized)

Other Scripts: Βερενίκη(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: bər-NEES(American English) bə-NEES(British English) behr-ə-NIE-see(English) behr-ə-NEE-see(English) beh-reh-NEE-cheh(Italian)

Rating: 70% based on 1 vote

Latinized form of Βερενίκη (Berenike), the Macedonian form of the Greek name Φερενίκη (Pherenike), which meant "bringing victory" from φέρω (phero) meaning "to bring" and νίκη (nike) meaning "victory". This name was common among the Ptolemy ruling family of Egypt, a dynasty that was originally from Macedon. It occurs briefly in Acts in the New Testament (in most English Bibles it is spelled Bernice) belonging to a sister of King Herod Agrippa II. As an English name, Berenice came into use after the Protestant Reformation.

Bernardo

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

Pronounced: behr-NAR-do(Italian) behr-NAR-dho(Spanish) bir-NAR-doo(European Portuguese) behr-NAR-doo(Brazilian Portuguese)

Rating: 20% based on 1 vote

Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Bernard.

Bora 1

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Turkish

Rating: 20% based on 1 vote

Means "storm, squall" in Turkish, ultimately related to Greek Βορέας (Boreas), the name of the god of the north wind.

Bosco

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Spanish, Italian (Rare)

Pronounced: BOS-ko(Spanish) BAW-sko(Italian)

Rating: 40% based on 1 vote

From the surname Bosco, given in honour of the Italian saint John Bosco (1815-1888).