Bela Family History
Bela Name Meaning
Hungarian (Béla): from the common Hungarian personal name Béla which is of uncertain etymology. It may be from the Slavic personal name element bel ‘white’ (see for example Belan ) or possibly from Turkish bel ‘waist loins’ also ‘middle of the back’ or belek ‘gift’. The surname Bela is also found in Romania Slovenia and Croatia. Czech (Běla): from the female personal name Běla meaning ‘white’. As a surname it denoted the son or husband of a woman so named. Sorbian (Běla B'ela or Běła B'eła): from a pet form of the Biblical personal name Abel or a nickname derived from běły ‘white bright fair’. Compare Biele Biehle .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022