Spanish names that start with 'B'

Spanish names that start with ‘B’ include choices for boys like Benicio, Bautista, and Bruno, alongside options for girls like Beatriz, Belén, and Blanca.

And plenty more which we shall see below.

Spanish girl names that start with 'B'

• Beatriz
• Belén
• Blanca
• Bárbara
• Bea
• Begoña
• Benita
• Bernarda
• Berta
• Betsabé
• Bianca
• Bibiana

Notes:

• Belén is the Spanish word for Bethlehem, a city that is famous for being the birthplace of Jesus. Belén is also a Spanish female name.
• Begoña is a name that arose as a shortened form of “Nuestra Señora de Begoña.” Begoña is a historical location in the Basque Country, Spain.
• Betsabé is a Spanish female name that comes from Hebrew. The corresponding English name is Bathsheba.
• Bibiana is a variant of the name Viviana. In Spanish, the letters ‘b’ and ‘v’ have similar pronunciations (a phenomenon that linguists call “Betacism”).
• Blanca and Bianca are related names. Blanca is related to the Spanish adjective “blanca” (which means “white”) and Bianca comes from the Italian adjective “bianca” (which has the same meaning). Bianca is a name borrowed from Italian.
• Beatriz is a Spanish name that corresponds to Beatrice in English. Both originate from the Latin name Beatrix, and the spelling differences mirror those of Spanish words like “paz” (peace) from the Latin term “pax” and “luz” (light) from Latin “lux.”

Spanish boy names that start with 'B'

• Bruno
• Benjamín
• Bernardino
• Bernardo
• Baldomero
• Balduino
• Baltazar
• Bartolo
• Bartolomé
• Basilio
• Bautista
• Baudilio
• Benicio
• Benigno
• Belarmino
• Belisario
• Beltrán
• Benedicto
• Brais
• Beñat
• Benito
• Bermudo
• Bonifacio
• Borja
• Braulio
• Brígido
• Buenaventura
• Bernabé
• Bertrán
• Beto
• Berto
• Bienvenido
• Blas
• Balbino

Some of the Spanish male names in the list above have English equivalents. For instance:

Spanish name	Corresponding English name
Balduino	Baldwin
Bertrán	Bertram
Blas	Blaise
Benedicto	Benedict
Benjamín	Benjamin
Bernardo	Bernard
Baltazar	Balthazar
Bartolomé	Bartholomew
Basilio	Basil
Bernabé	Barnabas, Barnaby, Barney

Then there are Spanish names such as Balbino, Braulio, Brais, Baudilio, and Baldomero that don’t have widely recognized English equivalents.

Notes

• Several Spanish names that start with ‘B’ are related to the Latin word “benedictus” (which means “blessed”). These include Benedicto, Benicio, and Benito.
• Brígido is the male version of the Spanish name Brígida, which comes from the Irish language and corresponds to the English name Bridget.
• Beñat is a Basque version of the name Bernard. Basque is a language from the Basque region, which spans parts of northern Spain and southwestern France.
• Benigno is a name that corresponds to the capitalized form of the Spanish word “benigno,” which translates to “benign” and means “gentle” and “not harmful.”

Note that some Spanish names are also Italian names, which is not surprising given that both languages evolved from Latin.

Famous individuals with Spanish first names that begin with ‘B’

A famous namesake can give extra appeal to a name and provide a source of inspiration. Famous individuals with Spanish first names that begin with ‘B’ include many actors, including Benicio del Toro, Blanca Suárez, and Belén Rueda.

Individual	Occupation
Benicio del Toro	Actor
Blanca Suárez	Spanish actress
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo	17th-century Spanish painter
Belén Rueda	Spanish actress
Belén Cuesta	Spanish actress
Beatriz Luengo	Spanish musician
Basilio Martín Patino	Spanish film director
Blas de Otero	Spanish poet
Benito Pérez Galdós	Spanish novelist
Belisario Betancur	Former President of Colombia
Bartolomé Mitre	Former President of Argentina
Begoña Vargas	Spanish actress