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Bella

Bella: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“beautiful”
Origin
Italian
Say it
BEL-uh · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Bella is the Italian word for 'beautiful' and also a short form of names ending in -bella, such as Isabella or Annabella.

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How popular is Bella?

2024742 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Bella in 20242,469

2024 rank#109 girls

Peak year2010

Total US babies since 188081,582

Bella has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Bella

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Bailawhite · Yiddish
  • Miamine; also Maria diminutive · Italian
  • IsabellaGod is my oath · Italian
  • GiannaGod is gracious · Italian
  • Ariaair; melody · Italian
  • Siennafrom Siena · Italian
  • Ariannamost holy · Italian
  • Gemmagem, jewel · Italian

Bella questions

What does the name Bella mean?

Bella means "beautiful". It comes from Italian. Bella is the Italian word for 'beautiful' and also a short form of names ending in -bella, such as Isabella or Annabella.

Is Bella a boy or girl name?

Bella is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Bella?

2,469 US babies were named Bella in 2024. Its peak year was 2010.

How do you pronounce Bella?

Bella is usually pronounced BEL-uh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.