Belle Family History
Belle Name Meaning
Italian (Bellé): from a reduced derivative of
Bello, for example Belletto.French: from
Belle meaning ‘beautiful’. In medieval times this epithet was
often combined with a baptismal name, e.g. Bellemarie.German: habitational name from a place so named in the Lippe
district.German spelling of Slovenian Bele, nickname
denoting a fair-haired or pale-skinned person, a derivative of
bel ‘white’, ‘light’, ‘fair’, formed with the suffix -e,
typically denoting a young person.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Belle
Name Distribution of Belle Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Belle families
 11 - 19  4 - 10 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Belle families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Belle Family Origin
Belle Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Belle Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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