Bell

The name Bell in Ireland is one of the hundred most frequently found in the country and is especially common in Ulster where Scottish settlers arrived in the seventeenth century. The name itself is derived from the French word 'bel' meaning 'beautiful'.

Origen: Normando. The Bell surname arose independtly from several different sources. In some instances, it comes from the Old English word "belle" meaning "bell," and was most likely an occupational name for a bell ringer. It may have also been a name for someone who lived near a bell. Bell is also known to have arisen from the English and Scots given name Bel, which derived from the Old French "beu" or "bel," meaning "handsome." First found in Dumfriesshire, where they held a family seat from ancient times, long before the Norman Conquest in 1066.

Variantes: Bell, Belle y otros.