- Balder - BAHL-dər
Baldur is a Norse and Icelandic name, meaning "prince." Baldr is also a god in Norse mythology associated with light, beauty, love and happiness.
- Bard - BAHRD
The name Bard is a Celtic baby name. In Celtic the meaning of the name Bard is: Minstrel; a singer-poet.
- Bergljot - BEHRG-lyawt
Meaning & History. From the Old Norse name Bergljót, which was composed of the elements berg "protection, help" and ljótr "light".
- Birger - BEER-gər
Birger is a Scandinavian name from Old Norse, bjarga, meaning "to help, to save, to protect". It is widely used in Norway as Birger but also as Børge.
- Bjarke - BYAHR-ke
From bjare "bear". Its origin stems from Norse mythology and is found in Saxo Grammaticus verses. The famous verse Bjarkemål describes the exploits of Bjarke (Bödvar Bjarki) and the other warriors of Rolf Krake's court.
- Bjarni - BYAR-ni
Meaning & History. Old Norse diminutive of BJÖRN and other names containing the element björn meaning "bear".
- Bjarte - BYAR-the
Meaning & History. From the Old Norse byname Bjartr, which meant "bright".
- Bjorn - BYAWRN
Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Dutch and German), Bjørn (Faroese, Norwegian, and Danish), Bjőrn (Hungarian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Germanic male given name, or less often a surname. The name means "bear" (the animal).
- Bodil - BAW-dil
Bodil in Danish and Norwegian, in Swedish also the variations Bothild, Botilda, and Boel, is a feminine given name. It is Latinized form of Old Norse Bóthildr from bót "remedy" + hildr "battle".
- Borghild - BAWRG-hild
Borghild (and versions like Burghild and Borghildur) is a female given name formed from "borg" (protection) and "hild" (battle).[1] As of December 31, 2005, there were 585 persons in Sweden named Borghild.
- Brenda - BREN-də
In Scottish the meaning of the name Brenda is: From the Norse, meaning sword or torch, this name was originally used only in the Shetland Isles of Scotland, but spread to other parts of the English-speaking world after Brenda appeared as a heroine in Sir Walter Scott's 1822 novel The Pirate.
- Brynjar - BRIN-yahr
Derived from the Old Norse elements bryn "armour" and arr "warrior".
