Given name & surname
Belah
“a white-skinned man”
Belah is a variant of Bela. One Slavic interpretation is “a white-skinned man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Belah is a variant of Bela. One Slavic interpretation is “a white-skinned man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Belah is a variant of Bela. An origin associated with Bela is Slavic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Belah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 21
- 0 boys · 21 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 2017.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Belah’s family of names
Belah has a related form in Bela. In Ukrainian usage, Belah as a surname is a transliteration of Белах.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
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