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 [ 1 syll. bel(l), be-ll ] The girl name Bell is pronounced BEHL KEY. Bell has its origins in the Celtic and Hebrew languages. It is used largely in English. Bell is a pet form (English) of the Spanish, Dutch, English, German, Italian, Romanian, and Scandinavian Isabella. Bell is also a variant form of the English Campbell. Bell is unusual as a baby girl name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1901 with 0.021% of baby girls being named Bell. It was #414 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a substantial decline in frequency since then, and is currently of only irregular use. In 2008, among the family of girl names directly related to Bell, the Spanish, Dutch, English, German, Italian, Romanian, and Scandinavian Isabella was the most commonly used. The name Bell has primarily been a girl name, although it has also been given to boys in the last century. In 1905, 3 times more girls than boys were given the name Bell. Baby names that sound like Bell include the English and Spanish Bel, the English, French, and Spanish Belle, the name Bly, the English Bailee, the English Bailei, the English Baileigh, the English Bailey, the English Bailie, the English Bailley, the English Baillie, the English Bailly, the English Baily, the English Baleigh, the English Bali, the English Bayla, the English Baylee, the English Bayleigh, the English Bayley, the English Baylie, and the English Bayly. A famous person named Bell is Bell Hooks, Author, born Gloria Jean Watkins 25 September 1952, Hopkinsville, Kentucky. KEY: Pronunciation for Bell: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"   |
