Belladonna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- bel-uh-DAH-nuh
- Origin
- Italian
- US rank, 2025
- #4,757 for girls
Belladonna is a girls' name of Italian origin, meaning “beautiful lady”. In 2025 it ranked 4,757th for girls in the US (28 babies).
What does Belladonna mean?
Italian
“beautiful lady”
Italian for beautiful lady, and the name of deadly nightshade, a highly poisonous plant.
Is Belladonna a girl's or a boy's name?
Belladonna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Belladonna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,757th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28 about 1 in 57,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the US were named Belladonna, making it the 4,757th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Belladonna in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Belladonna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,757 |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,145 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 31 | #4,409 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,311 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,396 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 31 | #4,676 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
Nicknames for Belladonna
Names like Belladonna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Briella, Bella, Elianna, Sienna, Arabella, Avianna, Isabella, Eliana, Brynlee, Emiliana, Giavanna, Ariella
More Italian names
Aria, Enzo, Kiara, Gemma, Ariyah, Milani, Ariya, Armani, Bianca, Siena, Ariah, Capri, Kara, Jemma, Alfredo, Nella
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Belladonna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/belladonna, updated 20 October 2026.