Names

Turkish form of Bahram.

Means “reputable” (literally “good name”) in Persian.

Turkish form of Bahiyya.

From the archaic Albanian word behar meaning “summer”.

From a royal title, a feminine form of the Turkic beg meaning “chieftain” (modern Turkish bey).

From the title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de Begoña, meaning “Our Lady of Begoña”, the patron saint of Biscay, Spain. Begoña is a district and basilica in the city of Bilbao.

Form of Beelzebub used in many modern translations of the New Testament.

From Hebrew בַּעַל זְבוּב (Ba’al Zevuv) meaning “lord of flies”, possibly intended as a mocking alteration of בַּעַל זבל (Ba’al Zevul) meaning “Ba’al of the exalted house”, one of the Canaanite names for their god Ba’al.Based on the Hebrew form, this spelling is used in the Latin translation of the Old Testament, and it is commonly rendered Baal-Zebub or Baalzebub in English translations. In the New Testament, this spelling appears in both the Latin and most older English translations, despite the fact that the Greek original uses Βεελζεβούλ (Beelzeboul). Recent English translations of the New Testament tend to use Beelzebul.Late Christian tradition holds that Beelzebub is a demon or fallen angel. He is Satan’s chief lieutenant in the 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost by John Milton.

Form of Hebrew בַּעַל זְבוּב (Ba’al Zevuv) used in the Greek New Testament (see Beelzebub). The Greek form may represent a misspelling or it might be a pun based on Hebrew זֶבֶל (zevel) meaning “dung”.

Short form of Beatrix and other names beginning with B.