Given name · also Old Spanish
Belén
“house of bread”
Belén is used as a given name. One interpretation is “house of bread.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “house of bread.”
Where it comes from
Belén comes from Old Spanish, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Spanish Bellem, from Ancient Greek Βηθλεέμ, from Hebrew בית לחם (bet léchem).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Belén’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Belén has a diminutive in Anabel.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Belén
- Belén RuedaSpanish actressborn 1965
- Belén CuestaSpanish actressborn 1984
- Belén RodríguezArgentinian television personality, actress and model (born 1984)
- Belén SucciArgentine field hockey playerborn 1985
- Belén FabraSpanish actressborn 1977
- Belén LópezSpanish actressborn 1970
- Belén CasettaArgentine female steeplechase runnerborn 1994
- Belén GopeguiSpanish writerborn 1963
- Belén MayaSpanish flamenco dancerborn 1966
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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