Given name & surname

Běla

“white”

Běla is a feminine given name. It is used in Czech.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Běla goes back to a word meaning “white.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Běla’s family of names

In Czech usage, Běla has a diminutive in Bělinka. In English usage, Běla has a later derivative in BELKA. In Czech usage, Běla has a conventional equivalent in the English form Blanca.

Walk Běla’s family in the name graph

BělaBélaBělinkaBělkaBiancaBlancaAlbaBlancheBiankaBelaBeulaBrancaBelkaΛευκήБланка

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Běla has relatives in 11 languages.

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15 related names in 11 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

See also 3

Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.

People named Běla

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