Belle Forename
28,020th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 29,820 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Congo
Highest density in:
Congo
Belle Forename Definition:
A Phoenician name, meaning: Oath of Baal. (French) Beautiful.
Belle Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 100% | 8,830 | 1:567 | 90 |
| United States | 100% | 7,952 | 1:45,591 | 2,642 |
| DR Congo | 85% | 4,430 | 1:16,665 | 1,459 |
| Philippines | 89% | 1,031 | 1:102,822 | 5,717 |
| Egypt | 100% | 802 | 1:114,590 | 5,053 |
| Australia | - | 663 | 1:20,600 | 1,428 |
| Canada | 100% | 608 | 1:54,496 | 3,484 |
| Morocco | - | 546 | 1:62,910 | 2,404 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 408 | 1:75,521 | 8,273 |
| India | 52% | 388 | 1:3,131,129 | 140,463 |
| Guinea | - | 373 | 1:31,793 | 1,306 |
| England | 100% | 346 | 1:160,702 | 5,141 |
| Chad | 80% | 309 | 1:44,008 | 4,322 |
| China | - | 279 | 1:4,896,257 | 55,843 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 227 | 1:74,459 | 4,363 |
| Mali | - | 221 | 1:76,822 | 3,384 |
| France | 100% | 202 | 1:329,061 | 4,319 |
| Singapore | 100% | 135 | 1:46,571 | 6,660 |
| Belgium | 100% | 128 | 1:89,766 | 3,257 |
| Italy | 96% | 121 | 1:504,645 | 5,376 |
| Nigeria | 57% | 114 | 1:1,557,582 | 33,765 |
| Malaysia | 80% | 101 | 1:301,485 | 15,374 |
| Mauritania | 65% | 100 | 1:40,952 | 2,287 |
| New Zealand | - | 94 | 1:48,256 | 2,660 |
| Russia | 93% | 89 | 1:1,620,603 | 11,756 |
| Brazil | 100% | 82 | 1:2,612,636 | 50,582 |
| Hong Kong | - | 80 | 1:96,909 | 2,796 |
| Cameroon | 84% | 79 | 1:273,551 | 10,579 |
| Thailand | 100% | 72 | 1:973,136 | 35,929 |
| Kuwait | - | 66 | 1:57,352 | 4,703 |
| Bahamas | - | 61 | 1:6,547 | 958 |
| Niger | 58% | 59 | 1:325,152 | 7,706 |
| South Africa | 75% | 54 | 1:1,009,864 | 38,418 |
| Ivory Coast | 58% | 48 | 1:480,749 | 18,147 |
| Burkina Faso | 78% | 46 | 1:399,554 | 14,568 |
| Indonesia | - | 44 | 1:5,862,811 | 220,905 |
| Senegal | 67% | 44 | 1:331,394 | 5,241 |
| Benin | 100% | 39 | 1:271,175 | 11,439 |
| Scotland | 100% | 33 | 1:162,132 | 3,108 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 33 | 1:216,727 | 13,323 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 26 | 1:914,219 | 36,896 |
| Qatar | - | 23 | 1:103,026 | 12,248 |
| Germany | 100% | 21 | 1:4,603,708 | 19,313 |
| Tunisia | - | 21 | 1:32,233 | 1,991 |
| Papua New Guinea | 67% | 20 | 1:407,616 | 31,576 |
| Japan | - | 17 | 1:7,528,592 | 31,633 |
| Mexico | 100% | 16 | 1:7,759,027 | 26,141 |
| South Korea | - | 16 | 1:346,526 | 10,365 |
| Guam | - | 14 | 1:11,475 | 1,503 |
| Cambodia | 70% | 13 | 1:1,251,795 | 17,972 |
| Jamaica | - | 11 | 1:262,112 | 7,926 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 11 | 1:1,402,165 | 43,227 |
| Israel | 100% | 10 | 1:840,292 | 12,787 |
| Central African Republic | - | 9 | 1:501,710 | 504 |
| Gabon | - | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Liberia | 100% | 9 | 1:490,229 | 13,253 |
| Poland | 100% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Vietnam | - | 9 | 1:10,291,457 | 4,134 |
| Denmark | - | 8 | 1:706,187 | 9,598 |
| Haiti | - | 8 | 1:1,340,869 | 18,166 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 7 | 1:2,535,264 | 17,782 |
| Marshall Islands | 80% | 7 | 1:7,319 | 1,092 |
| Peru | 83% | 7 | 1:4,541,636 | 34,195 |
| Spain | - | 7 | 1:6,647,138 | 16,660 |
| Sweden | 100% | 7 | 1:1,408,272 | 24,832 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 7 | 1:194,488 | 10,722 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 7 | 1:4,314,556 | 60,709 |
| Mauritius | - | 6 | 1:216,297 | 4,288 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 5 | 1:1,928,589 | 20,785 |
| Belize | 100% | 5 | 1:70,862 | 4,575 |
| Finland | 100% | 5 | 1:1,096,637 | 9,775 |
| Lebanon | - | 5 | 1:1,125,514 | 9,179 |
| Turkey | 100% | 5 | 1:15,560,342 | 40,635 |
| Armenia | 100% | 4 | 1:729,688 | 7,125 |
| Ghana | - | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Pakistan | - | 4 | 1:48,589,420 | 158,924 |
| Switzerland | 97% | 4 | 1:2,053,374 | 18,217 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Wales | 100% | 4 | 1:773,577 | 8,486 |
| Ireland | 100% | 3 | 1:1,547,840 | 7,573 |
| Belarus | 100% | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| Chile | - | 3 | 1:5,869,069 | 26,159 |
| Kenya | - | 3 | 1:15,435,703 | 51,312 |
| Slovenia | - | 3 | 1:819,586 | 6,243 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Grenada | - | 2 | 1:54,062 | 3,078 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Namibia | - | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| Norway | - | 2 | 1:2,566,164 | 24,989 |
| Uganda | 100% | 2 | 1:20,478,460 | 91,660 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Argentina | 100% | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Czechia | 84% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Lucia | - | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
The alternate forms: Bellé (4), Bellè (2), Bellê (1) & Bellë (1) are calculated separately.
Belle (27,246) may also be a surname.
Belle Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Phoenician name, meaning: Oath of Baal. (French) Beautiful.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Belle Forename Popularity
Belle Demographics
Belle Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sample size: 34 (1901)
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Phonetically Similar Names
Belle Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Belle in the Russian language | ||
| Белле | belle | - |
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