Female name
Bella
14,627 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2014. Expression number: 5.
Origin
From Italian: a diminutive of Isabella and Arabella, by folk etymology interpreted as bella (“beautiful”).From Wiktionary, entry “Bella”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 2014: 1,141 births. 14,627 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. At its peak, it ranked 52nd among girls' names in 2014. It is still given: 3,193 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 2010: 5,144 births. 83,766 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. At its peak, it ranked 48th among girls' names in 2010. It is still given: 13,458 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 2021: 81 births. 896 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. At its peak, it ranked 73rd among girls' names in 2021. It really came into use around 2010. It is still given: 309 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 4,235 | 2012–2023 | — |
| France | 2,020 | 1900–2025 | — |
| Quebec | 334 | 1980–2025 | — |
| Switzerland | 232* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Berlin | 230 | 2012–2023 | — |
| Austria | 208 | 1984–2025 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: RENAPER, Nombres propios en Argentina, CC BY 4.0 (the registry doesn't record sex); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first); Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
5
freedom, change, movement
2 + 5 + 3 + 3 + 1 = 14 → 5
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
6
responsibility, harmony, commitment to others
5 + 1 = 6
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
8
power, achievement, your relationship with money
2 + 3 + 3 = 8
- Digits missing from the name
- 4, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Most frequent digit
- 3 · expression, creativity, sociability
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.