Bella-May
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BEL-a-MAY
- Origin
- Italian
Bella-May is a girls' name of Italian origin, meaning “beautiful + the month of May”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Bella-May mean?
Italian: Bella + May
“beautiful + the month of May”
Joins Bella (Italian, “beautiful”) and May (English, “the month of May”).
Meanings borrowed from Bella and May.
Is Bella-May a girl's or a boy's name?
Bella-May is a girls' name.
How popular is Bella-May in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Bella-May in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bella-May in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
Names like Bella-May
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Bella, Aria, Eliza, Beatrice, Ivy, Sophia, Betsy, Maria, Sienna, Evelyn, Violet, Matilda
Names related to Bella-May
More Italian names
Enzo, Kiara, Gemma, Ariyah, Milani, Ariya, Armani, Bianca, Siena, Ariah, Capri, Kara, Emiliana, Jemma, Alfredo, Nella
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bella-May: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bella-may, updated 20 October 2026.