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Boy name Hungarian origin Christian tradition

Bela

BEH-lah · 4 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
heart;noble;white
Language
Hungarian
Culture
Hungarian
Religion
Christian
Style era
vintage
Themes
classic · Hungarian
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Popularity over time

2022 rank#9074
2022 births8
Peak year1918
First appeared1912
Total US births485
1918 peak19121940196719952022
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Belus
Alternate spellings
Béla
In other languages
Béla

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Notable people named Bela

Béla Bartók (composer)
Béla Lugosi (actor)
King Béla IV of Hungary