French: nickname for a handsome man (perhaps also ironically for an
ugly one), from Old French beu, bel ‘fair’, ‘lovely’
(Late Latin bellus), with the definite article
le. Compare Beau, Lebel.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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