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Bell

in South Carolina

There are 4,710 people with the last name "Bell" in South Carolina.

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Ranking in South Carolina

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Bell 66
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  1. is 62nd most common Hughes
  2. is 63rd most common Grant
  3. is 64th most common Powell
  4. is 65th most common Stewart
  5. is 66th most common Bell
  6. is 67th most common Kelly
  7. is 68th most common Bennett
  8. is 69th most common Long
  9. is 70th most common Myers

Similar Names and Nicknames

Ball, Bellamy, Bello, Beal, Bull, Bellinger, Belle, Bill, Beall, Ballew

Most Common First Names for Bell

James, John, Robert, William, David, Michael, Charles, Thomas, George, Mary

Meaning & History

Scottish and northern English: from Middle English belle ‘bell’, in various applications; most probably a metonymic occupational name for a bell ringer or bell maker, or a topographic name for someone living ‘at the bell’ (as attested by 14th-century forms such as John atte Belle). This indicates either residence by an actual bell (e.g. a town's bell in a bell tower, centrally placed to summon meetings, sound the alarm, etc.) or ‘at the sign of the bell’, i.e. a house or inn sign (although surnames derived from house and inn signs are rare in Scots and English).

Scottish and northern English: from the medieval personal name Bel. As a man's name this is from Old French beu, bel ‘handsome’, which was also used as a nickname. As a female name it represents a short form of Isobel, a form of Elizabeth.

Scottish: Americanized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Mhaoil ‘son of the servant of the devotee’ (see Mullen 1).

Jewish (Ashkenazic): Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.

Norwegian: habitational name from a farmstead in western Norway named Bell, the origin of which is unexplained.

Scandinavian: of English or German origin; in German as a habitational name for someone from Bell in Rhineland, Germany, or possibly from Belle in Westphalia.

Americanized spelling of German Böhl or Böll (see Boehle, Boll).

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