Bella

Bella is a female name. It is a diminutive form of names ending in -bella. Bella is related to the Italian, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese and Latin words for beautiful, to the name Belle, meaning beautiful in French.

People

• Bella Abzug (1920–1998), American politician and prominent figure in the women's movement
• Bella Akhmadulina (1937–2010), Soviet/Russian poet
• Bella Angara (b. 1939), Filipina politician and former governor of Aurora province
• Bella Darvi (1928-1971), Polish-born French actress
• Bella Davidovich (b. 1928), classical pianist
• Bella Emberg (1937-2018), English comedic actress
• Bella Flores (b. 1936), Filipina film actress
• Bella Freud (b. 1961), London-based fashion designer
• Bella Hadid (b. 1996), American model
• Bella Hardy, English folk musician, singer and songwriter
• Bella Heathcote (b. 1988), Australian actress
• Bella Igla (b. 1985), Israeli woman chess grandmaster
• Bella Jakubiak, self-taught Australian chef
• Bella Joseph, alleged Soviet spy
• Bella Lewitzky (1916-2004), modern dance choreographer and teacher
• Bella Rosenfeld (1895-1944), wife of painter Marc Chagall and writer
• Bella Shumiatcher (1911–1990), pianist and music educator
• Bella Spewack (1899-1990), half of a husband-and-wife writing team
• Bella Thorne (b. 1997), American actress

Fictional characters

• Bella Cooper, on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street
• Bella Dawson, the protagonist of the Nickelodeon television series Bella and the Bulldogs
• Bella Swan, female protagonist of the Twilight series
• Bellatrix Lestrange, female Death Eater and an antagonist of the "Harry Potter" series
• Bella Lasagne, character from Fireman Sam

• Ahmed Ben Bella (1918-2012), third President of Algeria
• Angelica Bella (b. 1968), Hungarian pornographic actress
• Gianni Bella (b. 1947), Italian composer and singer-songwriter
• Ivan Bella (b. 1964), Slovak Air Force officer and former cosmonaut
• Iván Bella (b. 1989), Argentine footballer
• Ján Levoslav Bella (1843-1936), Slovak composer, conductor and music teacher
• Lauren Bella (b. 2000), Australian rules footballer
• Marcella Bella (b. 1952), Italian singer
• Martin Bella (b. 1964), Australian former rugby league footballer
• Michael Bella (b. 1945), German former footballer
• Rachael Bella (b. 1984), American actress
• Stefano della Bella (1610-1664), Italian printmaker
• V.J. Bella (b. 1927), former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
• The Bella Twins, a pair of American professional wrestlers and twin sisters:
  • Brie Bella (b. 1983), ring name of Brianna Danielson (née Garcia-Colace)
  • Nikki Bella (b. 1983), ring name of Nicole Garcia-Colace