Bella Girl
BEL-uh
“beautiful” · Italian
#136
Names That Mean Beautiful
122 names
Beauty names come from nearly every language, and many of them work for boys as well as girls. For girls, Bella is the Italian word for beautiful, and Annabelle and Annabella pair it with a classic first element for a softer, longer form. Linda means pretty in Spanish and Portuguese, Jolie means pretty in French, and Zuri is Swahili for beautiful. Callie, Cali and Kallie trace to Greek kallos, beauty, the same root found in calligraphy.
Boys have their own traditions. Beau is French for handsome, Kenneth is an Anglicized form of a Gaelic name often explained as handsome, and Zayn and Zain come from an Arabic word for beauty and grace. Memphis takes its name from the ancient Egyptian city, whose name is usually linked to enduring and beautiful, and it has a musical, Southern feel in the United States.
Astrid is a Norse name joining a word for god with one for beautiful, and it has long been a royal name in Scandinavia. When comparing, notice how direct each name is. Bella and Jolie announce their meaning, while Kenneth and Astrid carry it quietly. Several have multiple spellings, so choose the one that reads most easily for your family.
Most popular right now
Beau Boy
BOH
“handsome” · French
#60
Annabelle Girl
A-nuh-behl
“lovable; or Anna plus belle” · English
#343
Kenneth Boy
KEH-nihth
“handsome; or born of fire” · Scottish
#294
Callie Girl
KAL-ee
“beautiful” · Greek
#175
Cali Girl
KAL-ee
“beautiful; also a Colombian city” · Greek
#574
Zuri Girl
ZOO-ree
“good, beautiful” · Swahili
#329
Zayn Boy
ZAYN
“beauty, grace” · Arabic
#253
Annabella Girl
a-nuh-BEH-luh
“combination of Anna and Bella” · Italian
#1,352
Memphis Unisex
MEHM-fuhs
“enduring and beautiful” · Egyptian
#640
All 122 names
Sorted by current popularity. US rank uses 2025 data for the name's most common sex; the trend compares births with five years earlier. Tap a column heading to re-sort.
| Name | Sex | Meaning | Origin | US rank 2025 | 5-yr trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bella | Girl | beautiful | Italian | 136 | ↓ -42% |
| Beau | Boy | handsome | French | 60 | ↑ +54% |
| Annabelle | Girl | lovable; or Anna plus belle | English | 343 | ↓ -33% |
| Kenneth | Boy | handsome; or born of fire | Scottish | 294 | ↓ -23% |
| Callie | Girl | beautiful | Greek | 175 | → +2% |
| Cali | Girl | beautiful; also a Colombian city | Greek | 574 | ↓ -52% |
| Zuri | Girl | good, beautiful | Swahili | 329 | ↓ -26% |
| Zayn | Boy | beauty, grace | Arabic | 253 | ↑ +30% |
| Annabella | Girl | combination of Anna and Bella | Italian | 1,352 | ↓ -49% |
| Memphis | Unisex | enduring and beautiful | Egyptian | 640 | ↓ -33% |
| Linda | Girl | pretty (Spanish); from Germanic names | Germanic | 902 | ↓ -12% |
| Astrid | Girl | divinely beautiful | Old Norse | 376 | ↑ +19% |
| Zain | Boy | beauty, grace | Arabic | 567 | ↑ +8% |
| Jolie | Girl | pretty | French | 1,030 | ↓ -38% |
| Bonnie | Girl | pretty | Scottish | 396 | ↑ +63% |
| Kallie | Girl | beautiful | Greek | 934 | ↓ -22% |
| Bellamy | Unisex | fine friend | French | 797 | → 0% |
| Jamal | Boy | beauty | Arabic | 1,197 | ↓ -31% |
| Tegan | Unisex | fair, beautiful | Welsh | 2,297 | ↓ -57% |
| Hassan | Boy | handsome, good | Arabic | 626 | ↑ +58% |
| Ingrid | Girl | Ing is beautiful | Old Norse | 1,121 | ↓ -17% |
| Calliope | Girl | beautiful voice | Greek | 451 | ↑ +66% |
| Kenny | Boy | handsome; pet form of Kenneth | Scottish | 1,271 | ↓ -15% |
| Belle | Girl | beautiful | French | 1,013 | → -3% |
| Calista | Girl | most beautiful | Greek | 1,597 | ↑ +32% |
| Teegan | Unisex | form of Tegan; fair, beautiful | Welsh | 4,060 | ↓ -61% |
| Shayna | Girl | beautiful | Yiddish | 2,479 | ↓ -18% |
| Hasan | Boy | good, handsome | Arabic | 1,147 | ↑ +32% |
| Calla | Girl | calla lily; beauty | Greek | 1,397 | ↑ +16% |
| Beaux | Boy | handsome; spelling of Beau | French | 970 | ↑ +71% |
| Zaina | Girl | beautiful; variant of Zayna | Arabic | 1,316 | ↑ +29% |
| Jamel | Boy | variant of Jamal, beauty | Arabic | 2,779 | ↓ -44% |
| Saphira | Girl | beautiful | Aramaic | 1,775 | ↑ +13% |
| Kalli | Girl | beautiful; short form of Kalliope | Greek | 2,974 | ↓ -15% |
| Zayan | Boy | beauty, grace | Arabic | 1,017 | ↑ +22% |
| Jamila | Girl | beautiful | Arabic | 1,686 | ↑ +7% |
| Jamil | Boy | handsome, beautiful | Arabic | 2,695 | ↓ -25% |
| Eder | Boy | beautiful, handsome | Basque | 1,734 | ↑ +7% |
| Hussein | Boy | good, handsome | Arabic | 1,894 | ↓ -15% |
| Miabella | Girl | blend of Mia and Bella; 'my beautiful' | American (modern coinage) | 2,272 | ↓ -13% |
| Zhuri | Girl | variant of Zuri, 'beautiful' | American (modern coinage) | 1,511 | ↓ -45% |
| Teigan | Unisex | variant of Tegan, 'fair, beautiful' | Welsh | 3,897 | ↓ -72% |
| Kiyomi | Girl | pure beauty | Japanese | 765 | ↑ +146% |
| Calli | Girl | beautiful; pet form of Callie | Greek | 5,124 | ↓ -47% |
| Aoife | Girl | beauty, radiance | Irish | 2,120 | ↓ -18% |
| Shaina | Girl | beautiful | Yiddish | 2,404 | ↑ +42% |
| Jia | Girl | good, beautiful; home | Chinese | 1,802 | ↑ +53% |
| Zayna | Girl | beautiful, adorned | Arabic | 1,499 | ↑ +62% |
| Keven | Boy | variant of Kevin, 'handsome birth' | Irish | 6,006 | ↓ -52% |
| Shaindy | Girl | Yiddish pet form of Shayna, beautiful | Yiddish | 2,095 | ↑ +38% |
| Hussain | Boy | good, handsome little one | Arabic | 1,947 | ↓ -12% |
| Mirabelle | Girl | wonderful, lovely | French | 2,249 | ↑ +9% |
| Lovely | Girl | lovely, beautiful | English | 2,228 | ↑ +17% |
| Kyomi | Girl | possibly from Kiyomi, pure beauty | Japanese | 548 | ↑ +375% |
| Aribella | Girl | blend of Ari and Bella | American (modern coinage) | 2,278 | ↓ -8% |
| Jamaal | Boy | variant of Jamal, beauty | Arabic | 4,078 | ↓ -26% |
| Kavin | Boy | variant of Kevin; also Tamil for beauty | Irish | 3,997 | ↓ -16% |
| Kalista | Girl | variant of Callista: most beautiful | Greek | 4,116 | ↓ -12% |
| Nava | Girl | beautiful, pleasant | Hebrew | 2,231 | ↑ +20% |
| Rosabella | Girl | beautiful rose | Italian | 2,989 | ↓ -46% |
| Kalliope | Girl | beautiful voice | Greek | 1,787 | ↑ +34% |
| Mei | Girl | beautiful; plum blossom | Chinese | 1,744 | ↑ +80% |
| Callista | Girl | most beautiful | Greek | 3,585 | ↓ -18% |
| Mirabella | Girl | wonderful, beautiful | Latin | 2,637 | ↑ +27% |
| Maliha | Girl | beautiful, charming | Arabic | 5,340 | ↓ -58% |
| Bellarose | Girl | blend of Bella and Rose | American (modern coinage) | 3,260 | ↓ -29% |
| Calia | Girl | possibly from Greek kallos, beautiful | Greek | 1,335 | ↑ +165% |
| Keshav | Boy | having beautiful hair, a name of Krishna | Sanskrit | 2,118 | ↑ +64% |
| Jamilah | Girl | beautiful | Arabic | 3,543 | ↓ -14% |
| Beautiful | Girl | from the English word beautiful | English | 3,841 | ↓ -30% |
| Siri | Girl | short form of Sigrid, beautiful victory | Scandinavian | 14,700 | ↓ -46% |
| Indira | Girl | beauty, a name of Lakshmi | Sanskrit | 3,797 | → -5% |
| Yamil | Boy | Spanish form of Jamil, "handsome" | Spanish | 4,532 | ↓ -26% |
| Yamila | Girl | variant of Jamila; beautiful | Spanish | 4,348 | → 0% |
| Maha | Girl | oryx, a symbol of beautiful eyes | Arabic | 2,764 | ↑ +63% |
| Shifra | Girl | beautiful | Hebrew | 2,580 | ↑ +112% |
| Kevyn | Boy | variant of Kevin, "handsome at birth" | Irish | 11,382 | ↓ -46% |
| Shana | Girl | variant of Shayna, "beautiful" | Yiddish | 5,213 | ↓ -14% |
| Zeina | Girl | beauty, adornment | Arabic | 2,436 | ↑ +147% |
| Bayla | Girl | Yiddish form of Bella, beautiful | Yiddish | 3,133 | ↑ +21% |
| Lynda | Girl | variant of Linda; pretty | English | 4,619 | ↑ +43% |
| Calie | Girl | variant of Callie, beautiful | Greek | 10,253 | ↓ -64% |
| Maribelle | Girl | blend of Mary and Belle | French | 4,946 | ↓ -31% |
| Shaquille | Boy | handsome, well-formed | Arabic | 2,927 | ↓ -17% |
| Ramya | Girl | beautiful, pleasing | Sanskrit | 6,065 | ↑ +18% |
| Jameel | Boy | handsome, beautiful | Arabic | 5,108 | ↓ -14% |
| Bela | Girl | variant of Bella; beautiful | Italian | 5,749 | ↑ +10% |
| Jamell | Boy | variant of Jamal, "beauty" | American (modern coinage) | 4,928 | ↑ +11% |
| Zuleika | Girl | possibly 'brilliant beauty' | Persian | 6,837 | ↑ +70% |
| Rosabelle | Girl | beautiful rose | Latin | 4,855 | ↓ -26% |
| Hasani | Boy | handsome | Swahili | 4,175 | ↓ -31% |
| Clarabelle | Girl | blend of Clara and Belle, 'bright, beautiful' | Latin | 4,281 | ↑ +10% |
| Sigrid | Girl | beautiful victory | Old Norse | 4,445 | ↓ -11% |
| Yamile | Girl | variant of Jamila, "beautiful" | Spanish | 17,170 | ↓ -44% |
| Kalon | Boy | beautiful, noble | Greek | 4,793 | → -4% |
| Kally | Girl | variant of Callie, 'beautiful' | Greek | 16,054 | ↓ -50% |
| Jameelah | Girl | variant of Jamila, beautiful | Arabic | 9,731 | ↓ -52% |
| Vashti | Girl | queen in the Book of Esther | Persian | 8,823 | ↑ +50% |
| Cally | Girl | pet form of Caroline or Callista | English | — | ↓ -100% |
| Claribel | Girl | bright and beautiful | English | 11,154 | ↓ -68% |
| Bonita | Girl | pretty | Spanish | 8,957 | ↓ -31% |
| Jamall | Boy | variant of Jamal, beauty | American (modern coinage) | 10,110 | ↓ -36% |
| Jamilla | Girl | variant of Jamila, beautiful | Arabic | 13,911 | ↓ -54% |
| Joli | Girl | pretty | French | — | ↓ -100% |
| Keneth | Boy | variant of Kenneth, born of fire or handsome | Scottish | 7,011 | ↑ +50% |
| Jahmal | Boy | variant of Jamal, beauty | Arabic | — | new |
| Keva | Girl | anglicized form of Caoimhe, gentle | Irish | — | ↓ -100% |
| Keela | Girl | uncertain; possibly Irish beautiful | Irish | 16,112 | ↓ -17% |
| Cosimo | Boy | order, beauty | Italian | 5,654 | ↑ +60% |
| Maebelle | Girl | blend of Mae and Belle | American (modern coinage) | 7,731 | ↑ +75% |
| Marybelle | Girl | blend of Mary and Belle | English | 11,557 | ↓ -27% |
| My | Girl | beautiful | Vietnamese | 12,775 | ↓ -30% |
| Jamelle | Boy | variant of Jamal, beauty | Arabic | 10,111 | → 0% |
| Tuan | Boy | handsome, talented | Vietnamese | — | new |
| Bell | Girl | beautiful, or short for Isabel | French | 11,097 | ↑ +14% |
| Jamillah | Girl | beautiful | Arabic | — | ↓ -100% |
| Bonny | Girl | pretty | Scottish | — | ↓ -100% |
| Delinda | Girl | blend of De- and Linda | American (modern coinage) | — | new |
| Bonni | Girl | variant of Bonnie, pretty | Scottish | — | new |
| Belva | Girl | origin uncertain, perhaps beautiful view | Latin | 15,304 | new |
| Jolinda | Girl | blend of Jo and Linda | American (modern coinage) | — | new |
| Beauford | Boy | beautiful fort | French | — | ↓ -100% |