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First name origins & meanings:

  1. Spanish: Beautiful
  2. Hebrew: God's oath; dedicated

First name variations: Belynda, Linda, Bella, Belva, Beauty, Bellini, Belita, Bell, Belladonna, Belva, Belvia, Balina, Balinah, Balinda, Ballinda, Ballindah, Belinda, Bette, Betty, Elizabeth, Bestey, Belita, Besse, Bessie, Bessy, Betta, Betti, Bettine, Ealasidde, Elizabet, Elsabet, Elisabeth, Elisabetta, Elise, Elissa, Eilise, Elisa, Eliza, Elsa, Elsbeth, Babette, Beth, Bettina, Bet, Beta, Bess

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Italian (Bellé): from a reduced derivative of Bello, for example Belletto.
  2. French: from Belle meaning ‘beautiful’. In medieval times this epithet was often combined with a baptismal name, e.g. Bellemarie.
  3. German: habitational name from a place so named in the Lippe district.
  4. German spelling of Slovenian Bele, nickname denoting a fair-haired or pale-skinned person, a derivative of bel ‘white’, ‘light’, ‘fair’, formed with the suffix -e, typically denoting a young person.

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