Bella is a feminine given name. It is a diminutive or nickname form of names ending in , 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.
This name has increased in usage following the publication of the Twilight book series by American novelist Stephenie Meyer.
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 Longuinho, Brazilian digital influencer 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 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
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