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First name origins & meanings:

  1. Hebrew: Gift of God's favor
  2. Spanish: Beautiful

First name variations: Anabel, Anca, Anke, Ani, Ann, Anna, Anne, Anneka, Anica, Anicah, Anika, Anikah, Aniqua, Aniquah, Anita, Annchen, Annette, Annabel, Annabella, Annabelle, Annia, Annice, Annie, Annis, Annuska, Annys, Anya, Anyca, Anycah, Anyka, Anykah, Anyqua, Anyquah, Hannah, Ann, Belynda, Belle, Linda, Belva, Beauty, Bellini, Belita, Bell, Belladonna, Belva, Belvia, Balina, Balinah, Balinda, Ballinda, Ballindah, Belinda

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Italian: from the medieval female personal name Bella, meaning ‘beautiful’, ‘lovely’.
  2. Italian: possibly a habitational name from Basilicata Bella, in Potenza, probably so named with Latin labellum ‘little basin’.
  3. Greek: reduced form of Bellas.

Famous people who gave their babies this name: Eddie Murphy, Keenan-Ivory Wayans

This name appears in the following lists: Opera Singers