Given name & surname
Bellah
“a white-skinned man”
Bellah is a variant of Bela. One Slavic interpretation is “a white-skinned man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bellah is a variant of Bela. One Slavic interpretation is “a white-skinned man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Bellah 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 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bellah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 502
- 0 boys · 502 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 42 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,111 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −67%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,111 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 66.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 42 in 2012. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 364 as a first name in 2020; 1,310 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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.
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