Name meaning & stats
Belle
Belle means “beautiful” (French origin). 6,987 US babies since 1940, peak 2017.
What it means
“beautiful”
FrenchWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2017
6,987 US babies were named Belle between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Belle (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Belle is the main spelling
- Belle 96%
- Bell 4%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2017)