as a Last Name
- 497
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Bel
Meaning & Origins
English and French: nickname for a handsome man (perhaps also ironically for an ugly one), from Old French beu, bel ‘fair’, ‘lovely’ (Late Latin bellus).
| 40,204th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 497
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Louisiana
- has the most people named Bel per capita
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