Bellen
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Bellen by the numbers
Bellen was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Bellen
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 Bellen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Belenbethlehem; derived from place name367 in the US (2017)
- Bellebeautiful105 in England and Wales (2025)
- Bellabeautiful; a diminutive of Isabella4,616 in the US (2017)
- Bexleybeekeeper's clearing or meadow325 in the US (2017)
- Berlinderived from place name; capital of Germany68 in the US (2017)
- Bergenmountain, high place17 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Bellen
Names that are said the same way as Bellen, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Bellaannbeautiful grace; combination of Bella and Ann5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Bellen
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