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Comments for BELLE:
The heroine in Disney's version of "The Beauty and the Beast" is called Belle.-- Anonymous User 7/6/2005
Belle Black from Days of our Lives.-- Anonymous User 12/4/2005
Belle and Sebastian is a Scottish band. The band's name is taken from Belle et Sébastien, a children's book by French writer Cécile Aubry about a boy (Sébastien) and his dog (Belle). The book was made into a French live action tv series in 1965.-- Anonymous User 12/22/2005
Belle can also be a short form of Isabelle or Annabelle.-- alberto 3/6/2006
I think it's very pretty; and it reminds me of Beauty and the Beast, which was my favourite movie as a child.-- Anonymous User 3/19/2006
As strange as this may seem, I actually prefer Belle without the second e (as in Bell). It's much nicer and I would consider using this as a middle name on any future daughters.-- bschoer10 6/4/2006
I like the name and the meaning, but I would never use it. The girl would be teased, and could be called cow Belle.-- Anonymous User 6/10/2006
Possibly it's derived from Bel, Celtic God of the sun and fire.-- audreyhubley 8/29/2006
I like the name Bell, no E on the end.-- bellaboo 11/2/2006
Absolutely lovely name! Belle just sounds so graceful and lovely. Definitely one of my favorite female names.-- alexinwonderland 12/27/2006
I love this name! I even named my cat Belle lol. Every time I think of this name, I think of the sweet and smart Belle on Beauty and the Beast. Sure she's just a fictional character, but I wouldn't mind being named after such a great Disney Princess lol.-- katiedid 2/27/2007
The TV programme Home and Away has a character called Belle.-- lisa_7 4/13/2007
Love this name! It was my great grandmother's middle name only I think she spelled it Bell. When I think of this name I think of Beauty and the Beast. Belle does mean beautiful right? So if you have an ugly child, maybe the name will make up for it! LOL! JK! I want my child's middle name to be Isabella and I think Bell is a beautiful (no puns intended) nickname!-- Anonymous User 6/6/2007
Oooh. What a pretty name.-- Anonymous User 6/7/2007
It can also be short for anything that ends in Belle, such as Isabelle or Annabelle.-- CharlieRob 8/14/2007
I love this name, it's simple, sweet and princessy all at the same time. It's just a gorgeous name, I love the meaning as well.-- Anonymous User 9/22/2007
Just a gorgeous name, not considering the meaning. I go by Belle considering it's a cross between my name "Brooke Jonelle". It is classy and sophisticated, and very scarcely used.-- BelleBeauty 10/22/2007
"BELLE" can be used as a middle name. As for a first name, it is very common and you wouldn't like people to call you "Belle! Belle!" right? So it's best to place it for a middle name or third.-- vina_marie 10/25/2007
Belle Starr was actually not a famous outlaw of the old west. She was a normal woman with bad morals that eventually gained severe mental problems (probably from her years on the streets of Dallas as a prostitute). Because of her mental problems, she screamed into the streets that she was "the leader of an outlaw band". She was eventually shot in the back of the head (probably by her grown son who was also mentally deranged).
Alton B. Meyers, a down-on-his-luck writer, read her obituary and decided to write an article to sell to the papers about "the death of the outlaw queen" to make some money, and she became famous just for that.
I got my information from the book That's not in my American Histroy Book, by Thomas Ayres. If you are interested, the ISBN Number is 1-58979-107-7.-- mhavril39 10/27/2007
I LOVE this name! It's so pretty! I would use it on it's own, with the French meaning of "beautiful". I may use it as a short form of Isabelle.-- purple princess 1/22/2009
This is the pseudonym of the high class London-based call girl Belle de Jour, she published two books with Orion Books of her experiences as a working girl, maintains a blog, and in 2007 ITV created a television show based on her memoirs staring Billi Piper as Belle (which was followed by a second season, and a third on the way).
The real life Belle de Jour remains in secret, however she has said that her name was inspired by the 1928 novel Belle de jour by Joseph Kessel.-- tiny_clever_outlet 2/5/2009
In the 1946 French version of Beauty and the Beast, the main character was called Belle. I'm not sure if that was her name or a nickname (as the French for "beauty"), but she was portrayed beautifully by the actress Josette Day.-- britto08 3/17/2009
Belle reminds me of Belle the Disney princess in Beauty and the Beast, and being the only decent Disney Princess in my eyes, this name has a positive meaning to me. I prefer Belle as a nickname for Amabelle, but not the overused Isabelle or Isabella.-- Emma McHnery 5/27/2009
I love the movie Beauty and the Beast, and I think the character of Belle is exactly what I would want a girl to be: Smart, but sweet. No-nonsense, yet still fun and quirky.
As crazy as this sounds, I've always wanted to name a girl "Charlobelle". I'm pretty sure it's not a real name and that I just made it up, but I think it sounds really sweet.-- plutogirlgenius 8/23/2009
Belle was the name of Scrooge's one-time fiancee in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. I have always loved this name, mostly because Beauty and the Beast was my favorite movie as a kid and still ranks in my top five. I even got called Belle for a while in kindergarten as I loved to read and liked to wear a blue ribbon in my brown hair :).-- britto08 9/16/2009
Belle is one of the prettiest names you can ever hear.-- italiannames 9/20/2009
The red-haired madam with a heart of gold in "Gone With the Wind" was named Belle Watling.-- elizabeth hamlet 11/22/2009
I like this name way better than Bella. It sounds prettier, and it doesn't have the bad Twilight association that Bella does.-- bananarama 11/30/2009
I think it makes a very cute middle name!-- Anonymous User 11/14/2010
I like this name. Belle is a beautiful name.
Belle- means beautiful
Bell- means a bell that rings-- earthangel 3/5/2011
Sorry but I think this name is really tacky. Nobody in France is named this.-- Christina Rose 3/13/2011
It is so beautiful as a middle name especially with 3-syllable names like Matilda.-- Anonymous User 6/24/2011
Holly Willoughby's newborn baby girl is named Belle.-- Grace_Scarlette 8/25/2011
Be careful. In the UK, "bell" can be slang for penis, though "bell-end" is more common, as well as more offensive. I used to know a girl called Isabel who, when her name was said, an immature boy would snicker and say, "Who's a bell?"-- Anonymous User 1/7/2012
This is NOT a name is France. It is ONLY a word.
French name? No. French Word? Yes!-- Anonymous User 2/3/2012
I like this name. Not as a nick name but just as a straight up first name for a girl! My cousin's middle name is Belle and we nick name her "Bells"! I think it is cute and also can be adult.-- AwAriDoll 2/16/2012
Unlike Jolie this is actually used as a nickname in France. I'm French and I know quite a few French girls who go by Belle, but their full name is always Isabelle. Isabelle was super common in France in the 60s - now it's considered dated.
So saying that it is not used as a name in France is incorrect, it is used as a nickname just not as a full name.-- Anonymous User 2/21/2012
Belle the main protagonist in the Lesley Pearse's novels 'Belle' and 'The Promise' is a strong, compassionate, spunky heroine for our times and despite her circumstances a great role-model. She and Belle from Beauty and the Beast have made the name for me, I love Belle!-- Livie 5/13/2012
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