Given name & surname · also Polish
Belka
“beam, timber”
Belka is a surname from Polish, ultimately from Czech. It is used in English and Polish.
Original CzechBělka
Meaning & origin
What it means
Belka goes back to a word meaning “beam, timber.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Belka comes from Polish, and ultimately from Czech.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Belka as a surname developed from Běla.
Belka’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Belka is a diminutive of Anabela. In English usage, Belka as a surname developed from Běla. In English usage, Belka as a surname was borrowed from the Czech form Bělka.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Belka has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Czech roots to each of them.
Czechwhere Belka comes from · 1 name
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.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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Sibling ideas
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