Bellany
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.
Bellany by the numbers
Bellany was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 14 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Bellany
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Bellany. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Bellamybeautiful friend; from bel ami381 in the US (2017)
- Bellabeautiful; a diminutive of Isabella4,616 in the US (2017)
- Bethanyhouse of figs or place of poverty618 in the US (2017)
- Bellemybeautiful friend; a form of Bellamy8 in the US (2017)
- Bellinabeautiful; a form of Bella or Isabella6 in the US (2017)
- Bellaannbeautiful grace; combination of Bella and Ann5 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Bellany
Names that are said the same way as Bellany, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Bellanie12 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Bellany
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