Bellamy

Meaning: Fair friend
Origin: Old French (Norman)

Boy's name · #721 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

53% boys · 47% girls — Bellamy is split almost evenly between girls and boys among recent newborns. Bellamy →

Popularity over time

Bellamy is a new arrival: it first appears in US records in 2014, and every one of the roughly 3,000 boys who carry it was born since. In 2025 it ranked #721, with about 370 newborns.

Across the states

See where Bellamy is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 36 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Bellamy ranks in other countries and regions.

#1,258 in Ecuador (2025) · #2,472 in England & Wales (2025) · #892 in Canada (2024).

Famous Bellamys

Bellamy Storer — American politician and diplomat (1847–1922)
Bellamy Hunt — Notable figure
Bellamy Partridge — American writer (1877–1960)

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 17,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

Matt Bellamy — English singer-songwriter, member of Muse
Craig Bellamy — Welsh association football manager (born 1979)
Edward Bellamy — American author and socialist (1850–1898)

In stories & tradition

Bellamy^it — One Piece (manga)
Bellamy Blake^pt — The 100 (novel series)

Similar names: Reign · Benicio · Rami · Sincere · Blaze · Cayson

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