Bella

Bella is a feminine given name. It is a diminutive or nickname form of names ending in -bella, including Izabella and Isabella. However, it can also derive, unrelatedly, from the Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and (ultimately) Latin words for "beautiful". In French, Belle is a name and word meaning beautiful.^[1][2]

This name has increased in usage following the publication of the Twilight book series by American novelist Stephenie Meyer.^[3]

Notable people

• Bella A. Burnasheva, Soviet-Russian astronomer
• Bella Abzug (1920–1998), American politician
• Bella Agossou, Beninese actress
• Bella Akhmadulina, Soviet-Russian poet and short story writer
• Bella Alarie, American basketball player
• Bella Alten (1877–1962), Polish opera singer
• Bella Alubo, Nigerian musician
• Bella Andersson, Swedish footballer
• Bella Andre, American author
• Bella Angara, Filipina politician
• Bella Armstrong, New Zealand cricketer
• Bella Astillah, Malaysian singer and actress
• Bella Awa Gassama, Gambian actress
• Bella Ayre, Australian rules footballer
• Bella bat R. Jakob Perlhefter (c.1650–1709), Praguer writer
• Bella Bathurst, English writer
• Bella Bautista, American beauty pageant titleholder
• Bella Bayliss, British triathlete
• Bella Belen, Filipino volleyball player
• Bella Bell-Gam, Nigerian pentathlete
• Bella Bellow (1945–1973), Togolese singer
• Bella Bixby, American soccer player
• Bella Blue, American burlesque dancer
• Bella Bordy (1909–1978), Hungarian actress
• Bella Brisel (1929–1982), Israeli painter and graphic artist
• Bella Bruck (1911–1982), American character actress
• Bella Burge (1888–1967), American-British actress
• Bella Campos, Brazilian actress and model
• Bella Clara Landauer (1874–1960), American collector
• Bella Clara Ventura, Columbian director and screenwriter
• Bella Cortez, Cuban actress and dancer
• Bella d'Amichi (fl.1245–1282), Italian noble
• Bella Darvi (1928–1971), Polish actress
• Bella Davidovich, Soviet and American pianist
• Bella Dayne, German actress
• Bella Dela Cruz, Filipino economist
• Bella Dodd (1904–1969), American teacher and lawyer
• Bella Dorita (1901–2001), Spanish singer and dancer
• Bella Duffy (1849–1926), Irish translator and writer
• Bella Eddey, Australian rules footballer
• Bella Emberg (1937–2018), English actress
• Bella Fanale, American ice hockey player
• Bella Feldman (1930–2024), American sculptor
• Bella Ferraro, Australian singer
• Bella Flores (1929–2013), Filipino actress
• Bella Forsgrén, Finnish politician
• Bella French Swisher (1837–1893), American writer
• Bella Freud, British fashion designer
• Bella Fromm (1890–1972), German journalist
• Bella Galhos, East Timorese activist
• Bella Gesser, Israeli chess player
• Bella Gonçalves, Brazilian politician
• Bella Goodall (1851–1884), English actress
• Bella Guerin (1858–1923), Australian activist
• Bella Hadid, American fashion model
• Bella Hall Gauld (1878–1961), Canadian pianist
• Bella Hammond (1932–2020), American activist
• Bella Hardy, English musical artist
• Bella Heathcote, Australian actress
• Bella Horwitz, 18th-century Bohemian Yiddish writer
• Bella Hristova, Bulgarian-American violinist
• Bella Hull, English comedian
• Bella Hvatskin, Russian-born Israeli artist
• Bella Jakubiak, Australian self-taught cook
• Bella James, New Zealand cricketer
• Bella Jarrett (1926–2007), American novelist
• Bella Jimenez, Ecuadorian politician
• Bella Joseph, American Government official
• Bella Kay, American singer-songwriter
• Bella Keyzer (1922–1992), Scottish weaver
• Bella Khotenashvili, Georgian chess grandmaster
• Bella Kocharyan, Armenian First Lady
• Bella Kurkova (1935–2023), Soviet journalist
• Bella Lewis, Australian rules footballer
• Bella Lewitzky (1916–2004), American choreographer and dancer
• Bella Li, Chinese-born American poet
• Bella MacCallum (1886–1927), New Zealand-British botanist and mycologist
• Bella Mackie, English novelist and journalist
• Bella Maclean, British actress
• Bella Milo, Samoan rugby union player
• Bella Mir, American mixed martial artist
• Bella Murekatete, Rwandan basketball player
• Bella Mysell (1902–1991), American actress
• Bella Nagy (1879–1947), Hungarian actress
• Bella Nisan, Russian ophthalmotologist
• Bella Ouellette (1886–1945), Canadian actress
• Bella Paalen (1881–1964), Australian opera singer
• Bella Paige, Australian singer
• Bella Paredes, Ecuadorian weightlifter
• Bella Pasquali, Australian athlete
• Bella Poarch, American media personality
• Bella Ramsey, English actress
• Bella Ratchinskaia, Russian ballet dancer
• Bella Reay (1900–1979), English footballer
• Bella Rodriguez-Torres (2002–2013), American cancer victim
• Bella Rosenfeld (1889–1944), Russian writer
• Bella Salomon (1749–1824), German collector
• Bella Santiago, Filipino-Romanian singer
• Bella Sember, American soccer player
• Bella Shaw, American journalist
• Bella Shepard, American actress
• Bella Shmurda, Nigerian singer-songwriter
• Bella Shteinbuk, Israeli pianist
• Bella Shumiatcher, Russian musical artist
• Bella Sidney Woolf (1877–1960), English author
• Bella Sims, American swimmer
• Bella Smith, Australian rules footballer
• Bella Starace Sainati (1878–1958), Italian actress
• Bella Subbotovskaya (1937–1982), Russian mathematician
• Bella Taylor Smith, Australian musician
• Bella Thomasson (1874–1959), British bookmaker
• Bella Thorne, American actress
• Bella Tovey (1926–2019), Holocaust survivor
• Bella van der Spiegel-Hage, Dutch professional cyclist
• Bella Verano, Spanish politician
• Bella White, Canadian-American singer-songwriter
• Bella Ysmael, Filipino model
• Bella Zilfa Spencer (1840–1867), English-born American novelist
• Bella Zur, Israeli Paralympic athlete

See also

• Bella, surname

References

1. ^ "Meaning, origin and history of the name Bella"
2. ^ "Bella | Etymology, origin and meaning of the name bella by etymonline"
3. ^ Schoenberg, Nara (27 July 2010). "Baby names with some bite". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 4 June 2022.