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amother
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Thu, Oct 20 2022, 2:06 pm
Is there any jewish origin or is it really an Italian name?
I would love to name my baby bella but my DH is unsure where it comes from and is hesitant to use it if it has no jewish origins.
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amother
Fern
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Thu, Oct 20 2022, 2:07 pm
I know it as a nickname for Baila
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amother
Lightyellow
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Thu, Oct 20 2022, 2:27 pm
I think it may be Yiddish
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octopus
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Thu, Oct 20 2022, 2:31 pm
Some say baila is really the name bilha but somehow along the way got distorted (like many words do). I would think bella is bilha as well.
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amother
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Fri, Oct 21 2022, 2:42 am
The name "Bella" has been in our family for many generations. In the part of the family that came from white Russia, Lithuania, that area.
We also have Russian neighbors whose daughter's name is Bella.
That's all I know ...
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amother
Sapphire
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Fri, Oct 21 2022, 6:32 am
I have a niece who is called Bella, but her given name is Baila.
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4g01o
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Fri, Oct 21 2022, 7:24 am
It's a really cute name.
I don't know if you're chassidish but I know more chassidim who give this name.
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amother
Mint
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Fri, Oct 21 2022, 8:55 am
Bella is a name in my family. Derivative of Baila, Yiddish origins.
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amother
Daylily
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Fri, Oct 21 2022, 10:57 am
The name is Baila spelled בילא.
It's considered a "Yiddish" name, but doesn't actually mean anything in Yiddish.
It's probably either a distortion of Bilhah, or from the Italian Bella - beautiful.
It's also an acronym for ברוך ה' לעולם אמן.
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creativecookie
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Fri, Oct 21 2022, 11:58 am
amother Daylily wrote: | The name is Baila spelled בילא.
It's considered a "Yiddish" name, but doesn't actually mean anything in Yiddish.
It's probably either a distortion of Bilhah, or from the Italian Bella - beautiful.
It's also an acronym for ברוך ה' לעולם אמן. |
I also heard that Baila is an acronym for Baruch H lolam amen from my local BY menahel.
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amother
Lemonchiffon
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Fri, Oct 21 2022, 1:22 pm
Bella is not baila.
It's spelled bais lamed hey.
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amother
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Fri, Oct 21 2022, 1:25 pm
Some Yiddish names come from words in Yiddish. Liba means beloved, Shayna or Shaindel mean beautiful, Hinda is a deer or gazelle, Gittel is good, Fayga is a bird, Frayda is happy etc.
I've been told some Yiddish names came from local pronunciation of Biblical names. Masha is from Miriam, Sosha is Sarah, Chantshe is from Chana, Basha is Basya etc.
Some Yiddish names are adapted from German or other foreign names like the words in Yiddish adapted from German or others languages like Polish and Russian.
The name Bella might come from Bilhah but more likely it's a German name that Jews used too, like Ella and Rella.
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