Bella

Meaning: My God is an oath
Origin: Italian (from Hebrew, via Greek and Latin) — Variant of Isabella

Girl's name · #136 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

Popularity over time

Bella's best rank, #48, came in 2010; it has settled back to #136 today. Roughly 84,000 girls have been named Bella since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 49 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#29 in Hungary (2025) · #90 in New Zealand (2025) · #91 in England & Wales (2025) · #110 in Ireland (2025) · #111 in Scotland (2025) · #129 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #159 in Sweden (2025) · #165 in N. Ireland (2025) · #194 in Ecuador (2025) · #222 in Netherlands (2025) · #230 in Norway (2025) · #290 in Poland (2025) and 5 more.

Famous Bellas

Bella Thorne — American actress and singer (born 1997)
Bella Hadid — American model
Bella Akhmadulina — Soviet and Russian poet, short story writer, and translator (1937–2010)
Bella Ramsey — British actor
Bella Abzug — American politician (1920–1998)

In stories & tradition

Bella Swan — Twilight (novel series)
Bella Goth — The Sims (video game)
Bella Donna — Marvel Comics

What Bellas become

Among 379 notable people named Bella:

Entertainers appear 3.1× more often than among typical names — e.g. Bella Thorne, American actress and singer (born 1997).

Similar names: Zoey · Belle · Nyla · Brielle · Arabella · Gabriella

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