_Baude._ _Baud_, bold, courageous, brave.
_Bauder._ _Baud_, bold; _ere_, an agent. A bold person.
_Bearne_. _Bearn_, a child, a human creature.
_Bent._ _Bent_, long grass, wild fields where bents, etc., grow. Bente, a
kindred term.
_Bentley._ _Bent_, long grass; _líc_, like. Resembling bent.
_Bicker._ _Bicker_, a kind of wooden dish, a short race.
_Birkey._ _Birkie_, a clever fellow.
_Bonney._ _Bonnie_, bonny, handsome, beautiful.
_Blyth._ _Blyth_, joy, sprightliness, liveliness. Blythe, another
spelling of the word.
_Bradley._ _Brade_, or _braid_, broad; _líc_, like. Broad-like; broadly.
_Brauley._ _Braw_, brave; _líc_, like. Brave-like; bravely.
_Brenner._ _Brenn_, burn; _ere_, an agent. That which burns, or gives
light.
_Briggs._ _Brigs_, bridges.
_Brock._ _Brock_, a badger.
_Bunker._ _Bunker_, a window-seat.
_Burn._ _Burn_, water, a rivulet.
_Burney._ _Burnie_, diminutive of _burn_, a rivulet. A small rivulet.
_Buss._ _Buss_, shelter, refuge, protection. Busse, a kindred name.
_Bussell._ _Bussle_, a bustle, great stir, tumultuous hurry.
_Butt._ _Butt_, outer room.
_Byers._ _Byres_, plural of _byre_, a cow-stable, a sheep-pen.