Bella is a feminine given name. It is a diminutive or nickname form of names ending in -bella, including Izabella and Isabella. However, it can also derive, unrelatedly, from the Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and (ultimately) Latin words for "beautiful". In French, Belle is a name and word meaning beautiful.
This name has increased in usage following the publication of the Twilight book series by American novelist Stephenie Meyer.
Notable people
Bella A. Burnasheva, Soviet-Russian astronomer
Bella Abzug (1920–1998), American politician
Bella Agossou, Beninese actress
Bella Akhmadulina, Soviet-Russian poet and short story writer
Bella Alarie, American basketball player
Bella Alten (1877–1962), Polish opera singer
Bella Alubo, Nigerian musician
Bella Andersson, Swedish footballer
Bella Andre, American author
Bella Angara, Filipina politician
Bella Armstrong, New Zealand cricketer
Bella Astillah, Malaysian singer and actress
Bella Awa Gassama, Gambian actress
Bella Ayre, Australian rules footballer
Bella bat R. Jakob Perlhefter (c.1650–1709), Praguer writer
Bella Bathurst, English writer
Bella Bautista, American beauty pageant titleholder
Bella Bayliss, British triathlete
Bella Belen, Filipino volleyball player
Bella Bell-Gam, Nigerian pentathlete
Bella Bellow (1945–1973), Togolese singer
Bella Bixby, American soccer player
Bella Blue, American burlesque dancer
Bella Bordy (1909–1978), Hungarian actress
Bella Brisel (1929–1982), Israeli painter and graphic artist
Bella Bruck (1911–1982), American character actress
Bella Burge (1888–1967), American-British actress
Bella Campos, Brazilian actress and model
Bella Clara Landauer (1874–1960), American collector
Bella Clara Ventura, Columbian director and screenwriter
Bella Cortez, Cuban actress and dancer
Bella d'Amichi (fl.1245–1282), Italian noble
Bella Darvi (1928–1971), Polish actress
Bella Davidovich, Soviet and American pianist
Bella Dayne, German actress
Bella Dela Cruz, Filipino economist
Bella Dodd (1904–1969), American teacher and lawyer
Bella Dorita (1901–2001), Spanish singer and dancer
Bella Duffy (1849–1926), Irish translator and writer
Bella Eddey, Australian rules footballer
Bella Emberg (1937–2018), English actress
Bella Fanale, American ice hockey player
Bella Feldman (1930–2024), American sculptor
Bella Ferraro, Australian singer
Bella Flores (1929–2013), Filipino actress
Bella Forsgrén, Finnish politician
Bella French Swisher (1837–1893), American writer
Bella Freud, British fashion designer
Bella Fromm (1890–1972), German journalist
Bella Galhos, East Timorese activist
Bella Gesser, Israeli chess player
Bella Gonçalves, Brazilian politician
Bella Goodall (1851–1884), English actress
Bella Guerin (1858–1923), Australian activist
Bella Hadid, American fashion model
Bella Hall Gauld (1878–1961), Canadian pianist
Bella Hammond (1932–2020), American activist
Bella Hardy, English musical artist
Bella Heathcote, Australian actress
Bella Horwitz, 18th-century Bohemian Yiddish writer
Bella Hristova, Bulgarian-American violinist
Bella Hull, English comedian
Bella Hvatskin, Russian-born Israeli artist
Bella Jakubiak, Australian self-taught cook
Bella James, New Zealand cricketer
Bella Jarrett (1926–2007), American novelist
Bella Jimenez, Ecuadorian politician
Bella Joseph, American Government official
Bella Kay, American singer-songwriter
Bella Keyzer (1922–1992), Scottish weaver
Bella Khotenashvili, Georgian chess grandmaster
Bella Kocharyan, Armenian First Lady
Bella Kurkova (1935–2023), Soviet journalist
Bella Lewis, Australian rules footballer
Bella Lewitzky (1916–2004), American choreographer and dancer
Bella Li, Chinese-born American poet
Bella Longuinho, Brazilian digital influencer
Bella MacCallum (1886–1927), New Zealand-British botanist and mycologist
Bella Mackie, English novelist and journalist
Bella Maclean, British actress
Bella Milo, Samoan rugby union player
Bella Murekatete, Rwandan basketball player
Bella Mysell (1902–1991), American actress
Bella Nagy (1879–1947), Hungarian actress
Bella Nisan, Russian ophthalmotologist
Bella Ouellette (1886–1945), Canadian actress
Bella Paalen (1881–1964), Australian opera singer
Bella Paige, Australian singer
Bella Paredes, Ecuadorian weightlifter
Bella Pasquali, Australian athlete
Bella Poarch, American media personality
Bella Ramsey, English actress
Bella Ratchinskaia, Russian ballet dancer
Bella Reay (1900–1979), English footballer
Bella Rodriguez-Torres (2002–2013), American cancer victim
Bella Rosenfeld (1889–1944), Russian writer
Bella Salomon (1749–1824), German collector
Bella Santiago, Filipino-Romanian singer
Bella Sember, American soccer player
Bella Shaw, American journalist
Bella Shepard, American actress
Bella Shmurda, Nigerian singer-songwriter
Bella Shteinbuk, Israeli pianist
Bella Shumiatcher, Russian musical artist
Bella Sidney Woolf (1877–1960), English author
Bella Sims, American swimmer
Bella Smith, Australian rules footballer
Bella Starace Sainati (1878–1958), Italian actress
Bella Subbotovskaya (1937–1982), Russian mathematician
Bella Taylor Smith, Australian musician
Bella Thomasson (1874–1959), British bookmaker
Bella Thorne, American actress
Bella Tovey (1926–2019), Holocaust survivor
Bella van der Spiegel-Hage, Dutch professional cyclist
Bella Verano, Spanish politician
Bella White, Canadian-American singer-songwriter
Bella Ysmael, Filipino model
Bella Zilfa Spencer (1840–1867), English-born American novelist
Bella Zur, Israeli Paralympic athlete
