Forename Béla

Across the world, Béla (Béla , בלה , Бела ) is a common gender-neutral first name. The forename Béla is habitual in Eastern Europe, particularly Hungary, where it is quite a common masculine name, Romania, and Slovakia, where it is quite a rare male name. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in Eastern Europe, particularly Hungary, Romania, and Russia. Very seldom, Béla is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Béla is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Béla

name بيلا, name Bela, name បេឡា, name בלה, name ប៉េឡា, name Бэла, name 贝拉, name Béla, name Horvath, name Бела

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Béla	Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Serbia, Algeria
בלה	Israel
Бела	Ukraine, Bulgaria, Belarus, Russia, Armenia
بيلا	Iraq, Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Syria

First names said to be same

Bela, Horvath, Бэла, បេឡា, ប៉េឡា, and 贝拉

First name Béla in the context

Béla is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Bella Swan , the character and the protagonist of the Twilight series; Bella Goth , the fictional character from The Sims video game series, The Sims 4; Béla Pörkölty , the operatic character in the opera Viktoria und ihr Husar; Bela Talbot , the fictional character in the TV series Supernatural and Bella Hartley , character in H₂O: Just Add Water, among other works.

Notable namesakes

	i. béla King of Hungary (1016-1063), SK (b. 1016)
	iii. béla King of Hungary (1148-1196), HU (b. 1148)
	iv. béla King of Hungary (1206-1270), HU (b. 1206)
	béla magyar királyi herceg Prince and Heir of Hungary (1167-1172), HU (b. 1167)
	béla magyar királyi herceg Duke of Slavonia (1250–1269), HU (b. 1240)
	béla macsói herceg Duke of Macsó of Bosnia (1243-1272?), HU (b. 1243)
	bartakovics béla Hungarian archbishop (1791/2-1873), HU (b. 1792)
	wenckheim béla Hungarian Prime Minister (1811-1879), HU (b. 1811)
	perczel béla Hungarian politician (1819–1888), HU (b. 1819)
	kéler béla Composer and conductor from the Kingdom of Hungary, HU (b. 1820)
	tárkányi béla Hungarian priest, poet, translator, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, HU (b. 1821)
	orczy béla Hungarian politician (1822–1917), HU (b. 1822)
	szende béla Hungarian politician (1823-1882), HU (b. 1823)
	béla vizkelety (1825-1864), RO (b. 1825)
	vay béla politician (1830-1910), HU (b. 1830)