BELLE  

Gender: F
Origin: Short form of ISABELLE or French
Meaning: "beautiful"

Nothing but positive associations with this name, from "belle of the ball" to "Southern belle" to the heroine of Disney's Beauty and the Beast.

Variations:
Belisse, Bellina, Belinda, Bel, Bell, Belia, Bela

People who like Belle also like:

Clara, Clementine, Eliza, Imogen, Matilda, Ruby, Scarlett, Violet, Henry, Beau, Owen

Belle is being discussed in our message boards:

• Orphanage Game
• Family Of 15--Lots of Multiples Big Family Game!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Names with four levels of formality
• Good ones are hard to find.
• what if you had 20 kids?

Read Nameberry blog posts about Belle:

• THE BABY WITH NO NAME
• EMMA'S DAUGHTERS
• NAMEBERRY MAKEOVER: Renovating the Top Ten Girls' Names
• THESE NAMES ARE NOT GONE WITH THE WIND
• CAREFUL, KAL-EL; WATCH OUT WHIZDOM!