Bel Forename
34,251st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 22,778 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Congo
Bel Forename Definition:
Bel, ancient, nothing, subject to change. Also Belus, a name which many Heathens, and particularly Babylonians, called their chief idol. But whether under this appellation, they worshipped Nimrod, their first Baal or lord, or Pul, king of Assyria, or some other monarch, or the sun, or all in one, is uncertain.
Read More About This ForenameBel Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 100% | 13,433 | 1:90,440 | 11,154 |
| Congo | 74% | 1,802 | 1:2,780 | 461 |
| DR Congo | 62% | 1,356 | 1:54,445 | 3,441 |
| Morocco | 100% | 1,310 | 1:26,220 | 1,457 |
| United States | 71% | 644 | 1:562,946 | 14,268 |
| Brazil | 97% | 631 | 1:339,518 | 12,679 |
| Algeria | 100% | 429 | 1:88,990 | 2,268 |
| Philippines | 80% | 387 | 1:273,926 | 11,010 |
| Egypt | 60% | 325 | 1:282,772 | 9,197 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 264 | 1:672,592 | 19,115 |
| Australia | - | 213 | 1:64,120 | 2,771 |
| England | 88% | 140 | 1:397,164 | 9,164 |
| Spain | 100% | 127 | 1:366,378 | 5,461 |
| Russia | 66% | 110 | 1:1,311,215 | 10,247 |
| Vietnam | 95% | 108 | 1:857,621 | 2,503 |
| Papua New Guinea | 67% | 101 | 1:80,716 | 7,600 |
| Qatar | 100% | 92 | 1:25,757 | 3,566 |
| Iran | 100% | 88 | 1:892,010 | 8,087 |
| Portugal | - | 83 | 1:125,432 | 3,169 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 79 | 1:90,532 | 7,429 |
| Italy | 82% | 74 | 1:825,163 | 7,565 |
| Malaysia | 73% | 69 | 1:441,303 | 20,000 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 56 | 1:186,273 | 7,851 |
| Argentina | 85% | 50 | 1:855,465 | 4,813 |
| Indonesia | - | 48 | 1:5,374,243 | 207,949 |
| Canada | 100% | 47 | 1:704,965 | 16,240 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 46 | 1:14,715 | 1,249 |
| Belgium | 100% | 42 | 1:273,572 | 5,773 |
| Mauritania | 80% | 40 | 1:102,381 | 3,995 |
| Mexico | 50% | 34 | 1:3,651,307 | 16,729 |
| Afghanistan | 70% | 31 | 1:1,052,371 | 12,648 |
| Ivory Coast | 88% | 30 | 1:769,198 | 24,781 |
| France | 100% | 28 | 1:2,373,941 | 12,997 |
| Pakistan | 82% | 27 | 1:7,198,433 | 59,826 |
| Bhutan | 67% | 26 | 1:31,728 | 1,196 |
| Chile | 57% | 25 | 1:704,288 | 7,407 |
| Peru | 76% | 20 | 1:1,589,573 | 17,785 |
| Singapore | - | 20 | 1:314,353 | 9,609 |
| New Zealand | - | 17 | 1:266,826 | 8,395 |
| Benin | 100% | 16 | 1:660,990 | 19,671 |
| Cameroon | 77% | 16 | 1:1,350,656 | 32,647 |
| China | - | 16 | 1:85,378,486 | 64,025 |
| South Africa | 100% | 16 | 1:3,408,291 | 83,416 |
| Kosovo | - | 15 | 1:124,096 | 6,158 |
| Cambodia | 60% | 14 | 1:1,162,381 | 17,251 |
| Netherlands | 79% | 14 | 1:1,207,292 | 18,951 |
| Senegal | 69% | 14 | 1:1,041,525 | 9,505 |
| Nepal | - | 13 | 1:2,191,335 | 33,475 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 12 | 1:2,516,824 | 41,518 |
| Belarus | 80% | 10 | 1:948,238 | 5,152 |
| Germany | 66% | 9 | 1:10,741,986 | 35,913 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 9 | 1:1,283,447 | 1,308 |
| Ecuador | - | 8 | 1:2,215,865 | 11,918 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Sweden | 83% | 7 | 1:1,408,272 | 24,832 |
| Colombia | - | 6 | 1:7,963,154 | 36,949 |
| Hong Kong | - | 6 | 1:1,292,121 | 6,806 |
| Taiwan | - | 6 | 1:3,961,614 | 68,952 |
| Thailand | 59% | 6 | 1:11,677,636 | 152,954 |
| Armenia | 100% | 5 | 1:583,751 | 6,330 |
| Greece | 100% | 5 | 1:2,186,910 | 11,382 |
| Burkina Faso | 50% | 4 | 1:4,594,867 | 56,462 |
| Ghana | - | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Japan | - | 4 | 1:31,996,514 | 55,536 |
| Kenya | - | 4 | 1:11,576,778 | 40,588 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4 | 1:7,703,141 | 17,485 |
| Scotland | - | 4 | 1:1,337,592 | 11,885 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Ireland | 100% | 3 | 1:1,547,840 | 7,573 |
| Albania | 100% | 3 | 1:1,015,523 | 26,928 |
| Switzerland | 79% | 3 | 1:2,737,832 | 21,065 |
| Turkey | 100% | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Uganda | 100% | 3 | 1:13,652,307 | 74,436 |
| Wales | 100% | 3 | 1:1,031,436 | 10,092 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Norway | - | 2 | 1:2,566,164 | 24,989 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 2 | 1:3,618,402 | 11,946 |
| South Korea | 50% | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Costa Rica | - | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Czechia | 68% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Denmark | - | 1 | 1:5,649,498 | 28,429 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Grenada | - | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Israel | - | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Liberia | - | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Mali | 100% | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Poland | 65% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | - | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Zimbabwe | - | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
The alternate forms: Bél (2) are calculated separately.
Bel (53,043) may also be a surname.
Bel Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Bel, ancient, nothing, subject to change. Also Belus, a name which many Heathens, and particularly Babylonians, called their chief idol. But whether under this appellation, they worshipped Nimrod, their first Baal or lord, or Pul, king of Assyria, or some other monarch, or the sun, or all in one, is uncertain. Isai. xlvi. 1.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: lord.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: Destruction.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Bel Forename Popularity
Bel Demographics
Bel Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 4 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bél | 89 | 2 | / |
| Biel | 86 | 27,164 | / |
| Bell | 86 | 15,145 | / |
| Boel | 86 | 2,212 | / |
| Buel | 86 | 924 | / |
| Belt | 86 | 337 | / |
| Bael | 86 | 267 | / |
| Bhel | 86 | 260 | / |
| Beel | 86 | 163 | / |
| Belh | 86 | 135 | / |
| Behl | 86 | 94 | / |
| Beul | 86 | 90 | / |
| Besl | 86 | 25 | / |
| Beld | 86 | 14 | / |
| Hbel | 86 | 9 | / |
| Belë | 86 | 1 | / |
| Belp | 86 | 1 | / |
| Åbel | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bl | 80 | 2,495 | / |
| Belle | 75 | 29,820 | / |
| Begli | 75 | 21,101 | / |
| Buell | 75 | 674 | / |
| Bhael | 75 | 280 | / |
| Bhoel | 75 | 147 | / |
| Bhell | 75 | 96 | / |
| Bhiel | 75 | 19 | / |
| Buehl | 75 | 14 | / |
| Bheel | 75 | 12 | / |
| Biehl | 75 | 11 | / |
| Hbeel | 75 | 9 | / |
| Biell | 75 | 7 | / |
| Bhuel | 75 | 5 | / |
| Beell | 75 | 5 | / |
| Baell | 75 | 4 | / |
| Beeld | 75 | 4 | / |
| Beelh | 75 | 3 | / |
| Boehl | 75 | 3 | / |
| Boell | 75 | 3 | / |
| Bellt | 75 | 2 | / |
| Beull | 75 | 2 | / |
| Beldt | 75 | 2 | / |
| Belzz | 75 | 2 | / |
| Behll | 75 | 2 | / |
| Belll | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bellh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Beltt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bheul | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bhesl | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bellë | 75 | 1 | / |
| Belph | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hbell | 75 | 1 | / |
| Beehl | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ble | 67 | 16,691 | / |
| Bil | 67 | 9,262 | / |
| Vel | 67 | 5,632 | / |
| Wel | 67 | 2,690 | / |
| Uel | 67 | 471 | / |
| Belowa | 67 | 117 | / |
| Byl | 67 | 102 | / |
| Hbeelh | 67 | 88 | / |
| Blh | 67 | 48 | / |
| Bll | 67 | 34 | / |
| Hbl | 67 | 32 | / |
| Blt | 67 | 20 | / |
| Böl | 67 | 19 | / |
| Bld | 67 | 18 | / |
| Bhl | 67 | 11 | / |
| Blå | 67 | 10 | / |
| Blp | 67 | 10 | / |
| Belova | 67 | 8 | / |
| Beelle | 67 | 3 | / |
| Beullh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bellzz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Beegli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beglih | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bellle | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bål | 67 | 1 | / |
| Geebel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Behell | 67 | 1 | / |
Bel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bel in the Russian language | ||
| Бел | bel | - |
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