Belle

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
1/21/2022, 9:40 PM	Mike C	update #111
2/28/2019, 2:08 PM	Mike C	update #102
12/3/2014, 12:28 AM	Mike C	update #89
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Feminine

Usage English

Pronounced Pron. BEHL

Meaning & History

Short form of Isabella or names ending in belle. It is also associated with the French word belle meaning "beautiful". A famous bearer was Belle Starr (1848-1889), an outlaw of the American west, whose real given name was Maybelle.