The bella Surname

bella Name Meaning and History

Italian: from the medieval female personal name Bella, meaning ‘beautiful’, ‘lovely’.
Italian: possibly a habitational name from Basilicata Bella, in Potenza, probably so named with Latin labellum ‘little basin’.
Greek: reduced form of Bellas.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The bella name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the bella family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of bella Families in the US in 1920

Number of bella families

40-77

14-39

1-13

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Thread	Author	Replies
Bella family members	Jessica	3
Julio Bella or Bela, son of "Ziggy" Bela/Bella	kevcoforkney	2
Bella Surname	Monica Bella	17
family	Mike Bella	3
Obit - John Joseph Bella Sr. , 1916 - 2004	lorraine	0
Artie Bella	Brenda Cameron	0
Bella family from Fayette co. PA	Thomas Bella	1
Hester Posting	Charles Russell	0
Bella Ancestors from Hungary	Marcia Sharp	0
Bella family members in Texas	Jessica	0

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