Meaning of the nameBela

Bela is a feminine name equivalent to Bella, an Italian form used as a diminutive of Isabella, and also the Portuguese word for "pretty".

Meaning

The meaning of Bela is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 4,642
Rank in Brazil: #2,888
Median age: 3 years
2010 Census: 1,059; people

Bela in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Bela, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022 (2,620 people).

4,603 women 39 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Bela is most common

States with the highest share of people named Bela in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Amazonas 0.004%
Rio de Janeiro 0.003%
Pará 0.003%
Bahia 0.003%
Espírito Santo 0.003%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,064	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	540	0.003%
Minas Gerais	425	0.002%
Bahia	395	0.003%
Pará	269	0.003%
Rio Grande do Sul	229	0.002%
Paraná	222	0.002%
Santa Catarina	183	0.002%
Goiás	175	0.003%
Amazonas	137	0.004%
Pernambuco	131	0.001%
Ceará	126	0.001%
Espírito Santo	107	0.003%
Maranhão	94	0.001%
Distrito Federal	86	0.003%
Mato Grosso	73	0.002%
Alagoas	60	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	52	0.002%
Piauí	45	0.001%
Sergipe	42	0.002%
Paraíba	36	0.001%
Amapá	33	0.005%
Roraima	32	0.005%
Rio Grande do Norte	31	0.001%
Rondônia	25	0.002%
Tocantins	21	0.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Bela

Wiktionary records Bela as a feminine name equivalent to Bella. Bella is described as a borrowing from Italian, a diminutive of Isabella and Arabella; Wiktionary considers the link to the Italian bella, "pretty", a folk etymology, while Behind the Name treats it as a short form of Isabella and of other names ending in -bella and relates it to the Italian word. In Portuguese, bela is also the feminine form of the adjective belo. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,642 people named Bela and 7,413 named Bella. The name is almost always female.

Portuguese spelling with a single L, the same as the word bela.

Other spellings of Bela

Spelling	People (2022)
Bella	7,413
Bela	4,642

Sources

Wiktionary: Bela · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Bella · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Bella · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: bela · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Bela · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Bela

What does the name Bela mean?

The meaning of Bela is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Bela in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,642 people with the first name Bela, which ranks it number 2,888 among the country's names. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022.

Is Bela a boy's or a girl's name?

Bela is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 4,603 women and 39 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Bela?

Bela is a name of Italian origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Bela most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.004% of the state's population is named Bela (137 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Bela?

Bella. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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