Submitted NameRevisions Save Gender Feminine Usage Medieval Italian, Literature Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 6/9/2016 by Frollein Gladys Edited 6/12/2016 by SeaHorse15 Meaning & History Combination of Italian bel "beautiful" and colore "colour". The Italian novelist Boccaccio used this name in his work 'The Decameron' (1350).