_Barrow._ _Beorh_, a heap, burrow or barrow, a heap of stones, a place of
burial. Barrows, son of Barrow.
_Bartram._ _Beorht_, bright; _remn_, or _hrem_, a raven. A bright raven.
Bertram, of like kinship.
_Becker._ _Béc_, a book; _ere_, an agent. A book-maker; a bookman. _Béc_,
derivable from _béce_, a beech-tree, as books were first made out of the
beech. Becher, a name of analogous significance.
_Beckman._ _Béc_, a book; _man_, a man. A bookman; a book-maker. Bechman,
a kindred term.
_Beckley._ _Béc_, book, or _béce_, beech; _líc_, like. Book-like;
resembling the beech.
_Berry._ _Berige_, or _berie_, a berry, a grape.
_Best._ _Best_, best, most.
_Bickel._ _Bicce_, a bitch; _el_, implying personality. A woman in
disgrace.
_Bickley._ _Bicce_, a bitch; _líc_, like. Resembling a bitch.
_Bigg._ _Byge_, or _bige_, a corner, a bay. Perhaps, from _byggan_, to
big, to build: hence, great, large in bulk.
_Bigley._ _Byge_, a bay; _líc_, like. Resembling a bay.
_Birch._ _Birce_, or _byrce_, a birch-tree. Birkey, from the same radix.
_Blackburn._ _Blæc_, black; _beorn_, a prince, a king. A black prince.
Or, from _blæc_, black, and _byrne_, a coat of mail. A black coat of mail.
_Blade._ _Blæd_, a blade, leaf, branch, twig. It also signifies a
blowing, blast, breath, life, a favorable wind, success, prosperity,
honor, reward, fame, glory.
_Blading._ _Blæd_, a blade, a leaf; _ing_, expressive of action.
Leaf-producing.
_Blakeley._ _Blæc_, black; _líc_, like. Resembling black. Blakely, a
kindred term.
_Blakey._ _Blæc_, black; _ig_, an adjective termination. Blackish.
_Blakiston._ _Blæc_, black; _isc_, an adjective termination denoting
likeness; _tún_, town. A blackish town.
_Blane._ _Blægen_, a pustule. _Blain_, perhaps, from the same root.
_Blaney._ _Blægen_, a pustule; _ig_, an adjective termination. Full of
pustules.
_Blank._ _Blanc_, white. Blanke, from the same root.
_Blankley._ _Blanc_, white; _líc_, like. White-like.
_Blee._ _Bleo_, color, hue, blee, complexion, beauty.
_Blue._ _Bleo_, blue, azure. Blew is, doubtless, from _bleow_, the past
of _bláwan_, to blow, to breathe.
_Boot._ _Bót_, a boot, remedy, amend, atonement, offering, redress,
compensation, cure. Boote, another spelling.
_Booth._ Ir. _both_, a house.
_Borgman._ _Borg_, a loan, a pledge; _man_, a man. A man who receives a
loan, or one who gives a pledge; a bondsman.
_Bostick._ _Bósig_, a crib, a stall, a manger, a boose. Bostwick, from
the same roots, both words, doubtless, being corruptions of the original.
_Bower._ _Búr_, a bower, cottage, dwelling, an inner room, bed-chamber,
storehouse.
_Bowman._ _Boga_, a bow, arch, corner, bending, band, horn, tail; _man_,
a man. A bow-man; an archer.
_Brick._ Ir. _brice_, French _brique_, a brick. Earth or clay formed into
regular blocks and burnt in a kiln or baked in the sun.
_Bridge._ _Bricg_, or _brycg_, a bridge.
_Bradbury._ _Brád_, broad, vast; _beorh_, a barrow, or burrow. A vast
barrow.
_Braddock._ _Brád_, broad; Gothic _dok_, a deep or gulfy place. A broad
dock. Or, from _brád_, broad; _docce_, a dock, a kind of plant. A
broad-leaved dock.
_Bradford._ _Brád_, broad; _ford_, a ford. A broad ford.
_Bray._ Ir. _breáǵ_, fine. Or, from _breać_, ever.
_Brightly._ _Beorht_, bright; _líc_, like. Bright-like; with lustre;
splendidly.
_Bryan._ Ir. _briǵ_, virtue, vigor, force; _an_, a personal termination.
A virtuous person; a man of vigor.
_Buckingham._ _Boccenham_, from _bóccen_, an adjective derived from
_bócce_, a beech, and _hám_, a house. A beechen house; a house surrounded
by beech trees.
_Burk._ _Bearoc_, from _bearo_, a grove, a wood, a hill covered with
wood. Burke, from the same root.
_Burkley._ _Bearoc_, a grove, a forest; _líc_, like. Forest-like.
_Burr._ _Búr_, a bower, dwelling, storehouse. Also, from French _bourre_,
the down on herbs and fruits. Most properly, from the Anglo-Saxon.
_Burrell._ _Búr_, a bower, a storehouse, a dwelling; _el_, a termination
denoting both persons and inanimate objects. One who, or that which,
dwells in a bower; a cottager; a storehouse.
_Burrow._ _Beorh_, a heap, a barrow, a heap of stones, a place of burial.
Burrough, from the same radix.