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| BALHATCHETT, BALHATCHET | bal-? tin mine and unknown second element | 11 |
| BAIN, BANE, BEAN | byan, little | 22 |
| BANDRY | ban-dre, farm on a height | 0 |
| BARGUS, BURGUS | bargos, buzzard, or poss: bar-(c)gos, top of the woods | 0 |
| BARAGWANATH, BARAGWANETH, BARAGWANOTH | bara gwaneth, wheaten bread, Charnock prefers bar gwaneth, the top of the wheat field | 54 |
| BARFETT | poss: from place name Trebarfoot, Poundstock parish | 0 |
| BARICOAT | bar-i-cos, over the wood, I am of the opinion that this surname might be from Devon | 0 |
| BARNICOAT, BARNICUTT, BARNICKOAT, BARNICOT, BARNICOTE, BARNICOTT | poss: from bar an cos, top of the wood, I am of the opinion that this surname might be from Devon | 210 |
| BASHER. BASSHER | unknown meaning found as early as the 16th c in The Lizard | 92 |
| BASSETT, BASSET | poss: bassya, become lower, short stature? | 493 |
| BASTARD | poss: bos-arth, high dwelling | 52 |
| BASTIAN, BASTYAN, BASTIN, BASTAN, BASTION | short form Sebastian | 128 |
| BASWEDNACK | poss: bos Winnoc, Winnoc's dwelling | 0 |
| BATH, BACH, BACHE, BAGG, BACK | The name is most likely English, perhaps originating in the City of Bath, however some Cornish with this surname may be derived from; bath, boar; poss: bagh, a nook or corner, BATH is by far the most common | 272 |
| BATHER | when Cornish, poss: bather, bathorI, a coiner or banker | 0 |
| BEAGLEHOLE | bugel hal, herdsman of the moor | 29 |
| BEDELL, BODELL, BEADELL, BIDDLE, BEADLE | bod Dell, dwelling of Dell | 19 |
| BEHENNA, BOHENNA | bod Hennah, dwelling of Hannah; or byghenna, smaller | 104 |
| BEITH | likely a personal name, as found in Trebeath, Egloskerry parish | 1 |
| BELL | a (p)bell, far off, distant dweller, p mutates to b, most BELLs are not of Cornish origin | 39 |
| BENALLACK, BONALLACK | banallek, broom brake | 60 |
| BENNETTO, BENETTO | children of Bennet or Benedict | 55 |
| BENNEY, BENNY, BINNEY, BUNNEY, BUNNY, BONNEY, PENNEY, BENOY, BONEY | poss: bonny, cluster or clump of ores | 912 |
| BERRYMAN, BERRIMAN | poss: man of St. Buryan | 902 |
| BERSEY, BURSEY | unknown meaning | 53 |
| BERTY, BURTHY, BERTHO | (p)berthy, bushes (p mutates to b) | 0 |
| BESCOBY | bos Scoby, dwelling of Scoby | 0 |
| BESKEEN | bos keyn, dwelling on the ridge, or bos cun, abode of dogs, poss: bos cun, dwelling of chief | 6 |
| BEST | best, moss | 464 |
| BESWARICK, BESWARRICK | bos gwarthek, dwelling of cattle, or bos Worec, dwelling of Worec | 35 |
| BESWETHERICK | bos (g)wydhal, dwelling by the thicket, or bos Gwydhylek, dwelling of the Irishman (g is dropped) | 111 |
| BEVAN | poss: of Welsh origin, ab Evan, son of Evan | 31 |
| BICE, BYSSE | poss: bys, finger, perhaps a narrow strip of land, only BICE was found in 1881 | 95 |
| BIDDICK, BIDDOCK | from personal name Budic, or budhek, victorious | 142 |
| BINES | poss: from surname Carbines, carn byan, little rock mass | 2 |
| BLAMEY | poss: Cornish form of Bellamy | 300 |
| BLEE | poss: a breakaway from BLIGH & BLIGHT, the Cornish white witch Tamsin Blight was known also as Tammy Blee. | 74 |
| BLIGHT, BLIGH, BLYTHE, BLYTH | blydh, wolf, by far BLIGHT is the most common | 500 |
| BOADEN, BODEN | bod en, dwelling with suffix en, hence a dwelling in a group of dwellings, only one BODEN was found in 1881 | 68 |
| BOASE, BOAS, BOSE, BORES | bos res, dwelling by the ford, only BOASE & BOAS were found in 1881 | 156 |
| BOAST, BOST | poss: nickname from bost, brag or boast | 0 |
| BODENHAM | bod Dynham, dwelling of Dynham | 0 |
| BODIELLA | bod Ella, dwelling of Ella | 0 |
| BODILLY, BADDELY | bod Ella, dwelling of Ella | 67 |
| BODINNAR, BODINAR, BODINNER, BODENNER, BERDINNAR | bod Ynyr, or bod EnerI, dwelling of Ynyr | 49 |
| BODY, BODDY, BODDIE | poss: bod-dy, special kind of house in a group of houses | 226 |
| BOLITHO | poss: bod lethyow, dwelling with dairies | 256 |
| BOND | unknown meaning. | 337 |
| BONE | unknown meaning. | 296 |
| BONYTHON | bos Nectan, dwelling of Nectan | 15 |
| BORLASE, BORLACE, BURLACE, BURLASE | bur-(g)las, green bank (g is dropped) | 199 |
| BOSANKETH, BOSANQUET | bos Angawd, dwelling of Angawd | |
| BOSANKO, BOSANKOE, BESANKO | bos ancow, dwelling of death, or bos an cos, dwelling in the wood | 141 |
| BOSCAWEN | bos scawen, dwelling of the elder tree, poss: bos Gawen, dwelling of Gawen | 5 |
| BOSENCE | bos syns, dwelling of the holy men, or a sacred dwelling | |
| BOSUSTOW, BOSISTO, BOSISTOW | bos Ustoc, dwelling of Ustoc, poss: bos-ysow, corn abode | 61 |
| BOSVARGIS, BOSVURGUS, BUSVARGUS, BOSVARGOES | bos (b)vargos, dwelling of the buzzard or poss: bos (b)var-(c)gos, dwelling at the top of the wood, place-name in St. Just. b mutates to v & c mutates to g | 0 |
| BOSWARVA | bos worweth, end dwelling, poss: bos Gwrwydd, dwelling of Gwrwyyd | 0 |
| BOTHERAS | porth Eres, cove or landing place of Eres | 25 |
| BOTTERELL, BOTTRELL, BOTRAL, BOTRALL | prob. from place in Brittany, Tibida Boterel | 165 |
| BOUNDY, BOUNDAY, BOUNDEY | bownd-dy, house by the miner's claim | 147 |
| BOWDEN, BAWDEN | Cornish form of Baudouin | 1559 |
| BRANWELL | poss: bran-iel, lowland frequented by crows | 39 |
| BRAY | bre, hill | 1418 |
| BRITTON, BRITTEN, BRIDDON | descendants of Breton immigrant | 12 |
| BROCK | brogh, badger | 114 |
| BROCKENSHAW, BROKENSHIRE | poss: bro-kensa, first or chief in region, BROKENSHIRE is by far the most popular | 263 |
| BUCKETT, BOKETH, BOWKETT | bos keth, dwelling of the serf or bondman | 41 |
| BUDDLE | poss: corruption of Bodell | 73 |
| BULLOCK, BULLOCKE | bulgh with diminutive yk, little hare-lipped man | 235 |
| BUNT | poss: bans, high place, cliff | 340 |
| BURROWS, BARROW, BORROW | burrow, embankments or entrenchments | 401 |
| BUSCOMBE, BUSCOMB, BISCOMBE | poss: bos cum, valley abode | 141 |
| BUSE, BEW, BEWES | bew, lively | 38 |
| BUZZA | bossow, dwellings | 105 |
| BUZZACOTT, BURSECOTT | poss: Bersey's dwelling | 0 |
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