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Surnames Starting with B: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 2 of 2)

144 family names beginning with B. Open a name to read its surname origin, its meaning and the heraldry associated with it.

  • Blanc
    France

    White, fair

  • Blanchard
    France

    Fair, white-haired

  • Blanco
    Spain

    White, fair

  • Blankenship
    England

    From Blenkinsopp

  • Blevins
    Wales

    Son of Bleddyn (wolf cub)

  • Bock
    Germany

    Billy goat (nickname)

  • Böhm
    Germany

    Bohemian

  • Boland
    Ireland

    Descendant of BeolĂĄn

  • Bolton
    England

    Dwelling settlement

  • Bond
    England

    Farmer, tenant

  • Bonelli
    Italy

    Little Bono (good)

  • Bonetti
    Italy

    Little good one

  • Bonner
    England

    Gentle, courteous

  • Bonnet
    France

    Good little one; capmaker

  • Bonomi
    Italy

    Good man

  • Boone
    England

    From Bohon in Normandy, or good

  • Booth
    England

    Herdsman, dweller in a hut

  • Borkowski
    Poland

    From Borek (small pine wood)

  • Böttcher
    Germany

    Cooper, barrel maker

  • Bourgeois
    France

    Townsman, burgher

  • Bowen
    Wales

    Son of Owain

  • Bowers
    England

    Bow maker, or dweller by a cottage

  • Bowman
    England

    Archer

  • Boyd
    Scotland

    Of Bute

  • Boyer
    France

    Ox-herd, cattleman

  • Boyle
    Ireland

    Descendant of Baoigheall

  • Bradford
    England

    Broad river crossing

  • Bradley
    England

    Broad clearing

  • Bradshaw
    England

    Broad wood

  • Brady
    Ireland

    Son of BrĂĄdach

  • Brambilla
    Italy

    From Brembilla near Bergamo

  • Brandt
    Germany

    Sword; land cleared by fire

  • Braun
    Germany

    Brown (hair or complexion)

  • Bravo
    Spain

    Fierce, brave

  • Bray
    England

    Hill, or brave

  • Breen
    Ireland

    Descendant of Braon ("sorrow" or "moisture")

  • Brennan
    Ireland

    Descendant of BraonĂĄn

  • Breslin
    Ireland

    Descendant of BreaslĂĄn

  • Brewer
    England

    Brewer of ale or beer

  • Bridges
    England

    Of the bridge

  • Briggs
    England

    Dweller by a bridge

  • Bright
    England

    Bright, cheerful

  • Brinkmann
    Germany

    Dweller on the field edge

  • Britt
    England

    Breton

  • Brock
    England

    Badger, or dweller by a brook

  • Brooks
    England

    By the brook

  • Brown
    England & Scotland

    Brown-haired or dark-complexioned

  • Bruce
    Scotland

    From Brix in Normandy

  • Brun
    France

    Brown-haired

  • Brunet
    France

    Little brown one

  • Bruni
    Italy

    Brown, brown-haired

  • Brunner
    Germany

    Dweller by a spring

  • Bruno
    Italy

    Brown-haired or dark-complexioned

  • Bruns
    Germany

    Son of Brun

  • Bryant
    England

    From Brian ("high, noble")

  • Buchanan
    Scotland

    From Buchanan in Stirlingshire

  • Buck
    England

    He-goat or buck, or beech tree

  • Buckley
    Ireland

    Descendant of Buachaill ("herdsman")

  • Bullock
    England

    Young bull

  • Burch
    England

    Birch tree

  • Burgess
    England

    Citizen of a borough

  • Burke
    Ireland

    From de Burgh, "fortified place"

  • Burnett
    Scotland

    Brown-haired, of brown complexion

  • Burns
    Scotland & Ireland

    Dweller by a stream; descendant of Bran

  • Burton
    England

    From Burton, "fortified farmstead"

  • Busch
    Germany

    Bush, thicket

  • Bush
    England

    Dweller by the bush or thicket

  • Busse
    Germany

    From Burkhard, or a nickname

  • Butler
    England

    Wine steward

  • Byers
    England

    Of the cowshed

  • Byrd
    England

    Bird (nickname)

  • Byrne
    Ireland

    Descendant of Bran, "raven"

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Researched by Herald Lab Research Studio, since 1993. Coats of arms were granted to individuals, not to everyone with a surname.