Belle

From French belle (“Beauty, Beautiful”), from Latin bella.

Belle (plural Belles)

1. A female given name from French
   • 2018, Jen Kim, Love and…: Bad Boys, “The One” & Other Fun Ways to Sabotage Your Relationship, Skyhorse Publishing, →ISBN:

     All the miniature Cinderellas, Belles, and Ariels who fill the streets every Halloween are essentially paying homage to characters that will slowly and inevitably chip away at their sense of worth in years to come.

• Beau (male given name)

• Belinda

Diminutive of Isabelle and Annabelle.

Belle (plural Belles)

1. A female given name from English.

More common as a middle name than a first name.

• Lebel

From English Belle, from French belle (“Beauty, Beautiful”), from Latin bella. Partly, after the Belle character of Disney's Beauty and the Beast.

Belle

1. a female given name from English [in turn from French, in turn from Latin]

Functioning as a shortening of names like Isabella, etc. Likely influenced by French belle. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.lə/

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• Hyphenation: Bel‧le

Belle f

1. a female given name