Bella

Bella is a female name. It is a diminutive form of names ending in -bella, such as Isabella and Annabella. "Bella" is related to the Italian and Latin words for beautiful.

Bella may also refer to:

People

• Bella Abzug (1920–1998), American politician and prominent figure in the women's movement
• Bella Akhmadulina (1937–2010), Soviet/Russian poet
• Bella Darvi (1928-1971), Polish-born French actress
• Bella Davidovich (b. 1928), classical pianist
• Bella Flores (b. 1936), Filipina film actress
• Bella Freud (b. 1961), London-based fashion designer
• Bella Hardy, English folk musician, singer and songwriter
• Bella Igla (b. 1985), Israeli Woman Grandmaster of chess
• Bella Joseph, alleged Soviet spy
• Béla Károlyi (b. 1942), gymnastics instructor
• Bella Lewitzky (1916-2004), modern dance choreographer and teacher
• Bella Rosenfeld (1895-1944), wife of painter Marc Chagall and writer
• Bella Spewack (1899-1990), half of a husband-and-wife writing team
• Bella Thorne (b. 1997), American actress
• Ahmed Ben Bella (1918-2012), third President of Algeria
• Ivan Bella (b. 1964), Slovak Air Force officer and former cosmonaut
• Iván Bella (b. 1989), Argentine footballer
• Ján Levoslav Bella (1843-1936), Slovak composer, conductor and music teacher
• Martin Bella (b. 1964), Australian rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s
• Michael Bella (b. 1945), German former footballer
• Rachael Bella (b. 1984), American actress
• Stefano della Bella (1610-1664), Italian printmaker
• V.J. Bella (b. 1927), former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives and former Louisiana state fire marshal
• The Bella Twins (Brie and Nicki Bella), ring name of a professional wrestling tag team

Language

• Ikelan, a Tuareg caste, Bella in the Songhay language

Fictional characters

• Bella Swan, female protagonist of the Twilight series

Places

• Bella, Basilicata, a city and commune in Italy
• Isola Bella, the name of two Italian islands
• 695 Bella, a minor planet

Other uses

• Bella Center, a congress and exhibition center in Copenhagen, Denmark
• Bella (band)
• Bella (Australian band), country music trio
• Bella (film)
• Bella (leopard)
• Bella Books, a publisher of lesbian literature
• "Bella", a song by Ricky Martin
• Bella (album), album by Teddy Thompson
• "Bella ciao", an Italian partisan song of World War II
• Ciao Bella, a Canadian television sitcom
• Ciao Bella Gelato Company
• BELLA (laser), a high-powered laser