Bela Forename
6,225th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 168,849 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
South Ossetia
Bela Forename Definition:
Be'-la, destroying. The son of Beor, king of Dinhabah, in the eastern part of Edom. Gen. xxxvi. 32.
Read More About This ForenameBela Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 100% | 102,284 | 1:11,877 | 1,623 |
| Nepal | 63% | 11,366 | 1:2,506 | 386 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 7,194 | 1:35,858 | 4,746 |
| Angola | 100% | 6,478 | 1:4,163 | 675 |
| Mozambique | - | 5,280 | 1:5,160 | 978 |
| Georgia | 99% | 4,269 | 1:876 | 196 |
| United States | 61% | 3,363 | 1:107,802 | 4,661 |
| Serbia | 91% | 3,056 | 1:2,338 | 392 |
| Russia | 99% | 2,790 | 1:51,697 | 1,170 |
| Romania | 60% | 2,655 | 1:7,553 | 645 |
| Portugal | - | 2,186 | 1:4,763 | 400 |
| Ethiopia | 66% | 1,849 | 1:52,764 | 4,907 |
| Pakistan | 95% | 1,467 | 1:132,486 | 5,257 |
| Germany | 80% | 1,310 | 1:73,800 | 1,767 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,161 | 1:184,527 | 8,467 |
| Armenia | 73% | 942 | 1:3,098 | 472 |
| Hungary | 98% | 751 | 1:13,038 | 343 |
| Nigeria | 81% | 715 | 1:248,342 | 9,961 |
| Canada | 100% | 630 | 1:52,593 | 3,397 |
| Egypt | 61% | 586 | 1:156,828 | 6,244 |
| Cameroon | 83% | 563 | 1:38,385 | 2,733 |
| DR Congo | 51% | 562 | 1:131,366 | 6,517 |
| England | 81% | 541 | 1:102,778 | 3,887 |
| Czechia | 77% | 454 | 1:23,472 | 617 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 367 | 1:434,500 | 16,631 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 359 | 1:678 | 169 |
| Ukraine | 99% | 295 | 1:154,237 | 1,093 |
| Papua New Guinea | 59% | 291 | 1:28,015 | 2,779 |
| Poland | 84% | 283 | 1:134,371 | 2,707 |
| Netherlands | 96% | 278 | 1:60,799 | 3,871 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 252 | 1:122,168 | 3,329 |
| Austria | 82% | 234 | 1:36,385 | 1,255 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Morocco | - | 218 | 1:157,563 | 4,496 |
| Bulgaria | 99% | 201 | 1:34,778 | 2,065 |
| South Africa | 77% | 201 | 1:271,307 | 15,843 |
| France | 84% | 160 | 1:415,440 | 4,912 |
| Sweden | 89% | 154 | 1:64,012 | 3,115 |
| Slovenia | 77% | 135 | 1:18,213 | 1,210 |
| Greece | 100% | 130 | 1:84,112 | 2,429 |
| Spain | 72% | 124 | 1:375,242 | 5,538 |
| Croatia | 80% | 114 | 1:36,992 | 1,490 |
| Kazakhstan | 98% | 112 | 1:158,454 | 3,977 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 102 | 1:94,539 | 4,345 |
| Philippines | 60% | 92 | 1:1,152,277 | 30,107 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 92 | 1:77,739 | 6,483 |
| Switzerland | 82% | 86 | 1:95,506 | 3,076 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 81 | 1:661 | 172 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 76 | 1:110,196 | 3,256 |
| Senegal | 51% | 74 | 1:197,045 | 4,033 |
| Ivory Coast | 54% | 73 | 1:316,109 | 13,661 |
| New Zealand | - | 73 | 1:62,138 | 3,135 |
| Ecuador | - | 69 | 1:256,912 | 3,896 |
| Afghanistan | 90% | 68 | 1:479,758 | 8,163 |
| Slovakia | 70% | 53 | 1:100,190 | 985 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 52 | 1:56,767 | 1,191 |
| Mauritania | 71% | 51 | 1:80,299 | 3,443 |
| Thailand | 72% | 51 | 1:1,373,839 | 44,384 |
| Australia | - | 50 | 1:273,152 | 5,786 |
| Belgium | 58% | 50 | 1:229,801 | 5,278 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 50 | 1:604,038 | 15,223 |
| Zambia | - | 47 | 1:337,336 | 9,272 |
| Burkina Faso | 52% | 45 | 1:408,433 | 14,780 |
| China | - | 42 | 1:32,525,138 | 61,215 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 39 | 1:153,161 | 8,400 |
| Mexico | 83% | 39 | 1:3,183,190 | 15,454 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Malaysia | 77% | 38 | 1:801,314 | 30,264 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 37 | 1:642,424 | 31,558 |
| Norway | 94% | 36 | 1:142,565 | 4,031 |
| Argentina | 60% | 32 | 1:1,336,664 | 6,063 |
| Benin | 78% | 30 | 1:352,528 | 13,438 |
| Niger | 64% | 30 | 1:639,466 | 11,822 |
| Namibia | - | 29 | 1:82,903 | 4,174 |
| Tanzania | 80% | 29 | 1:1,820,287 | 21,830 |
| Albania | 100% | 27 | 1:112,836 | 7,482 |
| Estonia | 100% | 26 | 1:50,592 | 2,900 |
| Moldova | 89% | 26 | 1:136,967 | 1,464 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 26 | 1:7,384 | 1,019 |
| Uganda | 89% | 24 | 1:1,706,538 | 23,866 |
| Belarus | 100% | 23 | 1:412,278 | 2,832 |
| Ireland | 70% | 22 | 1:211,069 | 3,894 |
| Latvia | 100% | 21 | 1:95,983 | 1,858 |
| Denmark | - | 19 | 1:297,342 | 5,671 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 19 | 1:549,014 | 14,985 |
| Finland | 69% | 17 | 1:322,540 | 4,487 |
| Cape Verde | - | 16 | 1:33,072 | 1,892 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Israel | 86% | 13 | 1:646,378 | 11,150 |
| Italy | 82% | 13 | 1:4,697,084 | 22,664 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 13 | 1:44,689 | 2,823 |
| Uruguay | - | 10 | 1:342,764 | 4,899 |
| Ghana | - | 9 | 1:2,998,468 | 5,965 |
| Scotland | 87% | 9 | 1:594,485 | 7,010 |
| Turkey | 100% | 8 | 1:9,725,214 | 31,896 |
| Zimbabwe | 75% | 8 | 1:1,927,977 | 54,057 |
| Kenya | - | 7 | 1:6,615,301 | 31,578 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 7 | 1:194,488 | 10,722 |
| Chile | 50% | 6 | 1:2,934,535 | 17,145 |
| Peru | 80% | 6 | 1:5,298,576 | 37,737 |
| Singapore | 100% | 6 | 1:1,047,842 | 15,242 |
| Wales | 100% | 6 | 1:515,718 | 6,554 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 5 | 1:3,254,666 | 31,163 |
| Kosovo | - | 5 | 1:372,288 | 10,773 |
| Algeria | - | 4 | 1:9,544,180 | 14,095 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Botswana | - | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Burundi | 100% | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| Chad | 50% | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Haiti | - | 4 | 1:2,681,738 | 23,796 |
| North Macedonia | 75% | 4 | 1:522,689 | 9,487 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Lesotho | 50% | 3 | 1:679,999 | 29,822 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Panama | - | 3 | 1:1,302,186 | 25,104 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Congo | 100% | 2 | 1:2,504,602 | 31,783 |
| Guatemala | - | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Guinea | - | 2 | 1:5,929,324 | 6,648 |
| Hong Kong | - | 2 | 1:3,876,362 | 13,851 |
| Japan | - | 2 | 1:63,993,028 | 72,606 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:54,874 | 3,819 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Mali | 100% | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
The alternate forms: Béla (83,385), Běla (793), Bèla (18) & Bélá (2) are calculated separately.
Bela (38,761) may also be a surname.
Bela Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Be'-la, destroying. The son of Beor, king of Dinhabah, in the eastern part of Edom. Gen. xxxvi. 32.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: swallowing.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: Eloquent: destruction.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
A Hebrew name, meaning: God’s oath. (Hungarian) Nobly bright. (Hindustani) A very fragrant jasmine.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
User-submitted Reference
Bela is a Yiddish feminine name, which derives from the Slavic word bělu (белъ), meaning 'white'.
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Sample size: 763 (2014)
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Bela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bela in the Russian language | ||
| Бэла | bela | - |
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