Female name
Belle
2,957 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2018. Expression number: 9.
Origin
From French belle (“beauty, beautiful”), from Latin bella.From Wiktionary, entry “Belle”, 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 2018: 218 births. 2,957 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. It really came into use around 2000. It is still given: 641 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 1915: 407 births. 19,227 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given steadily, decade after decade, from the 1880s to the 2020s. At its peak, it ranked 90th among girls' names in 1880. It is still given: 1,267 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 2020: 20 births. 233 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. It really came into use around 2020. It is still given: 62 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, 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.
9
humanity, generosity, completion
2 + 5 + 3 + 3 + 5 = 18 → 9
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
1
initiative, independence, beginnings
5 + 5 = 10 → 1
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
8
power, achievement, your relationship with money
2 + 3 + 3 = 8
- Digits missing from the name
- 1, 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.