Belle

Where Belle comes from

From French belle (“beauty, beautiful”), from Latin bella.
— Wiktionary's entry for Belle
  • French
  • English
  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1848
    Belle Starr born
    American outlaw
  2. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #90 among girls with 238 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  3. 1926
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #673.
  4. 1999
    Belle Delphine born
    English Internet celebrity, pornographic actress, and model
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from French.
  • A female given name from English.
Namesakes
  • Belle Delphine · English Internet celebrity, pornographic actress, and model, born 1999
  • Belle Starr · American outlaw, 1848–1889
  • Belle Gunness · Norwegian-American serial killer, 1859–1908
  • Belle Boyd · American Confederate spy, 1844–1900
  • Belle Knox · American pornographic actress, born 1995

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.