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The bellis Surname

bellis Name Meaning and History

  1. Anglicized form of Welsh ap Elisedd ‘son of Elisedd’ (see Ellis).
  2. English: variant of Bellows, from an old form of the word, which persisted generally until the 16th century and much later in various dialects.

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Distribution of bellis Families in the US in 1920
Number of bellis families
 50-97
 17-49
 1-16
 0
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