Bella Family Crest & Name History

Bella and Bello are two spellings with one history. The family name meaning is “Handsome / fair”, the same as for Bello.

• Records show Bella as one of the forms Bello took over time.
• French birth records list 575 children named Bella between 1891 and 2000. Spanish register data show 1,312 residents carrying Bella as first surname, and 1,066 as second surname. Each Spaniard has two surnames, so the same name is counted once as first and once as second surname.

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Bello and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. For the full story, order the Bella surname pack.