Bela

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This airy, ethereal name -- a line of Hungarian kings -- comes with two musical references: bluegrass/jazz banjo player Bela Fleck and Hungarian composer Bela Bartok. Bella has become popular as a girl name; there's no reason why this masculine form shouldn't attract notice as a cool choice, too. , A Kongo word meaning to perch.

Origin: Slavic; African; Hungarian
Gender: Unisex
Meaning Tags: Celestial; Traits & Characteristics; + Add a Meaning Tag
Variations: Bella +; + Add a Variation
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Famous Belas: B�la Lugosi; Musician Bela Fleck; Composer Bela Bartok; + Add a Famous Bela
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anyamind2 wrote:

I named my baby girl B�la (pronounced Bay-la) after Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. Coincidentally, I had a tumor on my ovaries removed while 4 months pregnant, and my surgeon's father was Hungarian and was named B�la. All the more fitting. Everyone I have met LOVES her name!!! Sure, people mispronounce it as Bella when they read it, but correcting them is no problem. It's a unique, uncommon name that isn't some crazy 10 letter name. LOVE IT!

1/6/2012 08:48:37 PM Report Abuse

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