# Belle (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/belle/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from French

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,246 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,796 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 72,714 people |
| Change since 2000 | +14% (3,742 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /bɛl/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From French belle (“beauty, beautiful”), from Latin bella.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Belle in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 32% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 60% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 3.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Belle in the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.

## People named Belle

- Camilla Belle, American actress
- Regina Belle, American singer
- Dido Elizabeth Belle, British aristocrat
- Kathryn Sophia Belle, American philosopher
- Albert Belle, American baseball player

## Similar surnames

Bell, Beil, Beal, Bello, Beall, Ballew, Beale, Buell, Bella, Belew, Bewley, Bellew.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.