Given name · also Slavonic
Béla
Béla is a masculine given name. It is used in Hungarian.
Original HungarianBélus
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
A possible origin is Hungarian, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Béla’s family of names
In Hungarian usage, Béla has a diminutive in Béci. In Hungarian usage, Béla has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Alberto. In Hungarian usage, Béla has a conventional equivalent in the German form ADALBERT.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Béla has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Hungarian roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Béla
- Béla BartókHungarian composer and pianist (1881–1945)
- Bela LugosiHungarian-American actor (1882–1956)
- Béla KunHungarian Communist revolutionary and politician, the de facto leader of the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919, People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs1886–1938
- Béla IV of HungaryKing of Hungary (1206-1270)
- Béla TarrHungarian filmmaker and anarchist (1955–2026)
- Béla II of HungaryHungarian king (1108-1141)
- Béla III of HungaryKing of Hungary and Croatia from 1172 to 11961148–1196
- Béla I of HungaryKing of Hungary (1016-1063)
- Béla GuttmannHungarian football player and manager (1899–1981)
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