Names

People with the name Bella have a deep inner desire for a stable, loving family or community, and a need to work with others and to be appreciated.

French form of the Roman name Blandina, which was the feminine form of Blandinus, which was itself a derivative of the cognomen Blandus. Saint Blandina was a 2nd-century slave from Lyons who was martyred by being thrown to wild beasts.

Latin form of Blandine.

From a medieval French nickname meaning “white, fair”. This name and its cognates in other languages are ultimately derived from the Germanic word blanc. An early bearer was the 12th-century Blanca of Navarre, the wife of Sancho III of Castile. Her granddaughter of the same name married Louis VIII of France, with the result that the name became more common in France.

People with the name Bella have a deep inner desire for a stable, loving family or community, and a need to work with others and to be appreciated.

Derived from the Germanic elements blanc meaning “white” and hard meaning “brave, hardy”.

People with the name Bella have a deep inner desire for a stable, loving family or community, and a need to work with others and to be appreciated.

Variant of Blanche.

People with the name Bella have a deep inner desire for a stable, loving family or community, and a need to work with others and to be appreciated.

People with the name Bella have a deep inner desire for a stable, loving family or community, and a need to work with others and to be appreciated.