Bela

Béla (Magyar /belɒ/, English /beɪlə/ "BAY-luh") is a common Hungarian male given name. Its most likely etymology is from old Hungarian bél ('heart; insides' in Old Hungarian and 'intestines' in modern Hungarian; in both the symbolism is 'guts' i.e. bravery and character). Other possible sources are a Turkic word meaning 'distinguished' and the Slavic word for 'white'. While Hungarian Vilmos is literally 'William, Wilhelm,' sometimes Béla is anglicized as William due to the phonetic similarity between its reduced form, Bill, and Béla. Conversely, English William can be magyarized to Béla. Béla is (historically) synonymous with the name "Adalbert" (and its various forms) in German.
Notable Bélas include:
Béla of Hungary
Béla I of Hungary (1020–1063), King of Hungary
Béla II of Hungary (1109–1141), King of Hungary and Croatia
Béla III of Hungary (1148–1196), King of Hungary and Croatia
Béla IV of Hungary (1206–1270), King of Hungary and Croatia
Béla V of Hungary (Otto III of Bavaria; 1261–1312), Duke of Lower Bavaria and King of Hungary and Croatia
Béla of Macsó (1243–1272), Duke of Macsó and Bosnia
Bela of Saint Omer (?–1258), French knight, Lord of one half of Thebes
Bela of Britonia (fl. 675), Galician clergyman, Bishop of Britonia
Béla Nagy Abodi (1918–2012), Hungarian painter
Béla Apáti Abkarovics (1888–1957), Hungarian painter and graphic artist
Bela Ewald Althans (born 1966), German neo-Nazi activist
Béla Bacsó
Béla Bacsó (1891–1920) Hungarian journalist and writer
Béla Bacsó (1952) aesthete
Béla Bácskai (1912–1994), Hungarian field hockey player
Béla Bakosi (born 1957), Hungarian triple jumper
Béla Balázs (1884–1949), Hungarian film critic, writer and poet
Béla Balogh (1885–1945), Hungarian film director
Béla Balogh (born 1984), Hungarian footballer
Béla Bánáthy
Béla H. Bánáthy (1919–2003), American linguist and systems scientist
Béla A. Bánáthy (born 1943), American systems scientist
Béla Bánhidy (1836–1890), Hungarian politician
Béla Barabás (1855–1934), Hungarian politician, jurist and author
Béla Barényi (1907–1997), Hungarian-Austrian engineer
Béla Bartalos (born 1948), Hungarian handball player
Béla Bartók (1881–1945), Hungarian composer and pianist
Béla Bay (1907–1999), Hungarian fencer
Béla Békessy (1875–1916), Hungarian fencer
Béla Belicza, Hungarian sprint canoer
Béla Berger (1931–2005), Hungarian-Australian chess player
Béla Bicsérdy (1872–1951), Hungarian alternative medicine advocate, lecturer and author
Béla Biszku (born 1921), Hungarian politician
Béla Bodó (born 1959), Hungarian hurdler
Béla Bodonyi (born 1956), Hungarian footballer
Béla Bollobás (born 1943), Hungarian-British mathematician
Bela Borsodi, Austrian photographer
Béla Bugár (born 1958), Slovak politician
Bela Čikoš Sesija (1864–1931), Croatian painter
Béla Csécsei (1952–2012), Hungarian educator and politician
Béla Czóbel (1883–1976), Hungarian painter
Béla Dankó (born 1969), Hungarian politician
Béla von Darányi (1874–?), Hungarian sports shooter
Béla Drahos (born 1955), Hungarian conductor and flautist
Béla Egresi (1922–1999), Hungarian footballer
Béla Ernyey (born 1942), Hungarian actor
Béla Fleck (born 1958), American banjo player
Béla Gaál (1893–1945), Hungarian film director
Béla Glattfelder (born 1967), Hungarian politician
Béla Goldoványi (1925–1972), Hungarian sprinter
Béla Grunberger (1903–2005), French psychologist
Béla Guttmann (1899–1981), Hungarian footballer and coach
Béla Gyarmati (born 1942), Hungarian fencer
Béla Hamvas (1897–1968), Hungarian writer, philosopher, and social critic
Béla Háray (1915–1988), Hungarian ice hockey and field hockey player
Béla Hatvany (born 1938), American computer scientist, inventor and entrepreneur
Bela S. Huntington (1858–1934), American lawyer and politician
Béla Illés (1895–1974), Hungarian writer and journalist
Béla Illés (born 1968), Hungarian footballer
Béla Imrédy (1891–1946), Hungarian politician
Béla Ivády (1873–1962), Hungarian politician
Béla Iványi-Grünwald (1867–1940), Hungarian painter
Béla Jankovich (1865–1939), Hungarian politician
Béla Tibor Jeszenszky (1962–2008), Hungarian singer
Béla Juhász (1921–2002), Hungarian long-distance runner
Béla Julesz (1928–2003), Hungarian neuroscientist
Béla Jurcsek (1893–1945), Hungarian politician
Béla Kádár (1877–1956), Hungarian painter
Béla Károlyi (born 1942), Romanian gymnastics coach
Béla Kárpáti (1929–2003), Hungarian footballer
Béla Katona (born 1944), Hungarian politician
Béla Katzirz (born 1953), Hungarian footballer
Béla von Kehrling (1891–1937), Hungarian tennis, table tennis, football and ice-hockey player and bobsledder
Béla Kéler (1820–1882), Hungarian composer and conductor
Béla Kerékjártó (1898–1946), Hungarian mathematician
Béla Király (1912–2009), Hungarian military officer, politician and historian
Béla Kiss (1877–?), Hungarian serial killer
Béla Komjádi (1892–1933, Hungarian water polo player and coach
Béla Kondor (1931–1972), Hungarian artist and author
Béla Kontuly (1904–1983), Hungarian painter and art teacher
Béla Köpeczi (1921–2010), Hungarian cultural historian and politician
Béla Koplárovics (born 1981), Hungarian footballer
Béla Kovács
Béla Kovács (1910–1980), Hungarian politician and jurist
Béla Kovács (1908–1959), Hungarian politician
Béla Kovács (born 1937), Hungarian clarinetist
Béla Kovács (born 1960), Hungarian politician
Béla Kovács (born 1977), Hungarian footballer
Béla Kuharszki (born 1940), Hungarian footballer
Béla Kun (1886–1937?), Hungarian politician
Béla Lajta (1873–1920), Hungarian architect
Béla Lakatos (born 1984), Hungarian footballer
Béla Linder (1876–1962), Hungarian military officer and politician
Béla Lugosi (1882–1956), Hungarian-American actor
Bela Lugosi, Jr. (born 1938), American lawyer
Béla Macourek (1889–?), Hungarian flying ace
Béla Magyari (born 1949), Hungarian military officer and aerospace engineer
Béla Markó (born 1951), Romanian politician
Béla Mavrák (born 1966), Hungarian tenor singer
Béla Mező (1883–1954), Hungarian sprinter and long jumper
Béla Mezőssy (1870–1939), Hungarian politician
Béla Mikla (1921–?), Hungarian fencer
Béla Miklós (1890–1948), Hungarian military officer and politician
Bela De Nagy (1893–1945), American fencer
Béla Orczy (1822–1917), Hungarian politician
Béla Pálfi (1923–1995), Serbian footballer
Béla Pállik (1845–1908), Hungarian artist, opera singer and theater director
Bela Papp (born 1994), Finnish figure skater
Béla Pásztor (born 1938), Hungarian politician
Béla Perczel (1819–1888), Hungarian politician and jurist
Béla Petrovics, Hungarian sprint canoer
Bela Pratt (1867–1917), American sculptor
Béla Rajki (1909–2000), Hungarian swimming and water polo coach
Béla Rerrich (1917–2005), Hungarian fencer
Béla Réthy (born 1956), German sports reporter
Béla Sárosi (1919–1993), Hungarian football player and manager
Béla Schwalm (born 1941), Hungarian ice hockey player
Béla Scitovszky (1878–1959), Hungarian politician
Béla Sebestyén (1885–1959), Hungarian footballer
Bela Šefer (fl. 1924), Yugoslav footballer
Béla Serényi (1866–1919), Hungarian politician
Béla Síki (born 1923), Hungarian pianist
Béla Simon (born 1988), Hungarian rower
Béla Spányi (1852–1914), Hungarian painter
Béla Szabados (born 1942 in Transylvania, Hungary), Canadian philosopher and writer.
Béla Szabados
Béla Szabados (1867–1936), Hungarian composer
Béla Szabados (born 1974), Hungarian Olympic swimmer
Béla Szántó (1881–1951), Hungarian politician
Béla Szászy (1865–1931), Hungarian politician and jurist
Béla Székely (1889–1939), Hungarian politician
Béla Szekeres
Béla Szekeres (born 1933), Hungarian cyclist
Béla Szekeres (1938-2000), Hungarian runner
Béla Székula (1881–1966), Hungarian philatelist and forger
Béla Szende (1823–1882), Hungarian politician
Béla Szepes (1903–1986), Hungarian skier, athlete, graphic designer and journalist
Béla Szőkefalvi-Nagy (1913–1998), Hungarian mathematician
Béla Szombati (born 1955), Hungarian diplomat
Béla Tallián (1851–1921), Hungarian politician
Béla Tarr (born 1955), Hungarian film director
Béla Tomka (born 1962), Hungarian historian
Béla Turi-Kovács, (born 1935), Hungarian politician
Béla Vágó (1881–1939), Hungarian politician
Béla Várady (1953–2014), Hungarian footballer
Béla Varga
Béla Varga (1888–1969), Hungarian wrestler
Béla Varga (1903–1995), Hungarian politician and priest
Béla Virág (born 1976), Hungarian footballer
Béla Volentik (1907–1990), Hungarian football player and manager
Béla Vörösmarty (1844–1904), Hungarian jurist and politician
Béla Wenckheim (1811–1879), Hungarian politician
Bela Zaboly (1910–1985), American cartoonist
Béla Zoltán (1865–1929), Hungarian politician and jurist
Béla Zsedényi (1894–1955), Hungarian jurist and politician
Béla Zsitkovszky (1867–1930), Hungarian cinematographer and film director
Béla Zsitnik (born 1924), Hungarian rower
Béla Zsolt (1895–1949), Hungarian author
Béla Zulawszky (1869–1914), Hungarian fencer

Běla is female given name of Czech origin, meaning white, clear. That's Czech form of Italian name Bianca and German name Blanka. Pronounced byeh-lah.

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He who has guts, brave, time, creeper.

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Bela Lugosi	1882	Hungarian actor
2	Béla Károlyi	1942	Gymnastics coach
3	Bela Padilla	1990	Filipina actress and model
4	Bela Talbot
5	Béla Fleck	1958	American banjo player
6	Bela Gil	1988
7	Béla Kiss	1877	Hungarian serial killer
8	Bela Shende		Indian singer
9	Bela G. Lugosi	1938	Attorney, Business Executive
10	Béla Kun	1886	Hungarian Communist revolutionary and politician, the de facto leader of the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919, People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs
11	Béla Guttmann	1899	Hungarian footballer and coach
12	Bela Klentze	1988	German actor
13	Béla IV of Hungary	1206	King of Hungary
14	Béla I of Hungary	1016	King of Hungary
15	Béla III of Hungary	1148	King of Hungary
16	Bela B.	1962	German musician
17	Dalila Bela	2001
18	Béla Bollobás	1943	Hungarian mathematician
19	Béla II of Hungary	1108	Hungarian monarch
20	Béla Balázs	1884	Hungarian writer
21	Béla H. Bánáthy	1919	Hungarian linguist and systems scientist
22	Béla Both	1910	Hungarian actor, director
23	Béla Anda	1963	German journalist
24	Bela Bose		Indian actress
25	Małgosia Bela	1977	Polish model and actress
26	Béla Barényi	1907	Hungarian engineer and inventor
27	Béla Miklós	1890	Hungarian politician
28	Béla Éless	1940	Hungarian actor
29	Béla Hamvas	1897	Hungarian writer and philosopher
30	Béla Balassa	1928	Hungarian economist
31	Béla Imrédy	1891	Hungarian Prime Minister
32	Béla Baptiste	1988	German actor
33	Béla Mavrák	1966	Tenor
34	Béla Tímár	1947	Hungarian actor
35	Béla Király	1912	Hungarian officer, professor, and politician
36	Béla Biszku	1921	Hungarian politician
37	Bela Khotenashvili	1988	Georgian chess grandmaster
38	Béla Julesz	1928	Visual neuroscientist and experimental psychologist in the fields of visual and auditory perception
39	Bela Pratt	1867	American artist
40	Béla Bugár	1958	Czechoslovakia member of Slovak National Council, member of Czechoslovak parliament, russian nation politician and hungary nation politician
41	Leila Bela		American musician
42	Béla Kéler	1820	Hungarian composer and conductor
43	Bela Ewald Althans	1966	German activist
44	Béla Réthy	1956	German journalist
45	Béla Grünwald	1839	Historian, politician
46	Béla Jankai	1962
47	Béla Udvaros	1925
48	Béla Lukács	1947
49	Béla Mészáros	1979	Hungarian actor
50	Béla Markó	1951	Romanian politician
51	Bela Čikoš Sesija	1864	Croatian painter
52	Béla Halmos	1946	Hungarian folk musician, ethnomusicologist, teacher
53	Jérémie Bela	1993	Footballer
54	Béla Schick	1877	Hungarian doctor
55	Béla Várady	1953	Hungarian footballer
56	Dajos Béla	1897	Fiddle-player and band-leader
57	Bela Zaboly	1910	Cartoonist
58	Béla Lajta	1873	Hungarian architect (1873-1920)
59	Béla Szőkefalvi-Nagy	1913	Hungarian mathemaiticain
60	Bela Rabelbauer	1934
61	Béla Iványi-Grünwald	1867	Hungarian painter
62	Béla Pokol	1950	Hungarian politician
63	Béla Kremo	1911	Swiss film actor (1911-1978)
64	Béla Wenckheim	1811	Hungarian Prime Minister
65	Béla von Kehrling	1891	Hungarian tennis player
66	Béla Czóbel	1883	Hungarian painter
67	Béla Rigó	1942
68	Bela Bhatia
69	Béla Nagy Abodi	1918	Hungarian artist and professor
70	Béla Kádár	1877	Hungarian artist
71	Béla Sárosi	1919	Hungarian footballer
72	Abdal Bela	1956	Pakistani writer
73	Bela Borsodi		Austrian photographer
74	Béla Volentik	1907	Association football player
75	Béla Síki	1923	Hungarian musician
76	Béla Horgas	1937
77	Béla Glattfelder	1967	Hungarian politician
78	Bela ben Beor
79	Béla Gerster	1850	Hungarian architect
80	Béla Bangha		Hungarian jesuit monk
81	Bela Papp	1994	Finnish figure skater
82	Bela Hubbard	1814	American explorer, surveyor and geologist
83	Bela of Saint Omer
84	Bela Gold	1915	American businessman
85	Běla Kolářová	1923	Czech photographer and artist
86	Béla Jurcsek	1893	Politician
87	Béla Jenbach	1871	Hungarian librettist, actor and author
88	Bela Mukhopadhyay		Indian singer
89	Béla Pomogáts	1934	Literary historian
90	Bela Egger	1831	Austrian entrepreneur
91	Béla Fehér	1949	Writer
92	Béla Drahos	1955	Hungarian conductor and flautist
93	Béla Magyari	1949	Hungarian astronaut
94	Béla of Macsó	1243	Duke
95	Béla Linder	1876	Hungarian politician
96	Béla Kuharszki	1940	Hungarian footballer
97	Bela Wellman	1819	American businessman
98	Béla Orczy	1822	Hungarian politician
99	Béla Zsolt	1895	Hungarian writer
100	Béla Bicsérdy	1872	Naturopath, raw foods and holistic medicine advocate
101	Béla Pavletits	1977	Hungarian actor
102	Béla A. Bánáthy	1943	American systems scientist
103	Béla Jankovich	1865	Hungarian politician
104	Béla Osztojkán	1948
105	Béla Kárpáti	1929	Hungarian footballer
106	Béla Katona	1944	Hungarian politician
107	Béla Vágó	1881	Hungarian politician
108	Bela Duarte	2000	Cape Verdean singer
109	Béla Hatvany	1938	American library pioneer
110	Béla Rajki	1909	Hungarian water polo player and coach
111	Bela Marsh	1797	American publisher
112	Béla Kondor	1931	Hungarian artist
113	Béla Koplárovics	1981	Hungarian football player
114	Béla Balogh	1984	Association football player
115	Béla Katzirz	1953	Hungarian footballer
116	Béla Szepes	1903	Athlete, skier, graphic designer, journalist
117	Bela Grunberger	1903	Hungarian-French psychologist
118	Béla Sanders	1905	German musician (1905-1980)
119	Béla Weissmahr	1929	Hungarian philosopher and theologian
120	Béla Bartók	1855	School director
121	Béla Zalai	1882
122	Béla Kerékjártó	1898	Hungarian mathematician and topologist
123	Béla Bodonyi	1956	Hungarian footballer
124	Béla Karlovitz		Hungarian engineer
125	Béla Szombati	1955	Hungarian diplomat
126	Bela Borsody Bevilaqua	1885	Hungarian cultural historian
127	Béla Bacsó	1952
128	Béla Békessy	1875	Fencer
129	Béla Goldoványi	1925	Athletics competitor
130	Béla Zsedényi	1894	Hungarian politician
131	Béla Köpeczi	1921	Hungarian politician
132	Béla Varga	1888	Olympic wrestler
133	Béla Komjádi	1892	Olympic water polo coach
134	Béla Bakosi	1957	Athletics competitor
135	Béla Babai	1914	Bandleader
136	Béla Pálfi	1923	Serbian footballer
137	Béla Illés	1895	Slovakian writer
138	Béla Perczel	1819	Hungarian politician
139	Béla Las-Torres	1890	Swimmer
140	Béla Scitovszky	1878	Hungarian politician
141	Béla Stenczer	1952
142	Béla Gádor	1906
143	Béla Tábor	1907
144	Béla Tibor Jeszenszky	1962	Hungarian singer
145	Béla Pásztor	1938	Hungarian politician
146	Béla Apáti Abkarovics	1888	Painter and graphic artist
147	Béla Szende	1823	Hungarian politician
148	Béla Szászy	1865	Hungarian politician
149	Béla Turi-Kovács	1935	Hungarian politician
150	Béla Pukánszky	1954
151	Béla Gaál	1893	Hungarian actor, film director and screenwriter
152	Bela Bates Edwards	1802	American theologian
153	Béla Simon	1988	Olympic rower
154	Bela Katona		Hungarian violinist
155	Béla Pállik	1845	Painter, opera singer
156	Béla Serényi	1866	Hungarian politician and Minister of Agriculture (1866–1919)
157	Béla Reinitz	1878	Hungarian composer
158	Béla Horovitz	1898	Hungarian publisher
159	Béla Juhos	1901
160	Béla Ohmann	1890	Hungarian sculptor, teacher
161	Béla Czene	1911	Painter
162	Béla Bartalos	1948	Hungarian handball player
163	Béla Steiner	1927
164	Béla Mezőssy	1870	Hungarian politician
165	Béla Zulawszky	1869	Hungarian fencer
166	Béla Ernyey	1942	Hungarian actor
167	Béla Szántó	1881	Hungarian politician
168	Béla Kovács	1910	Hungarian politician (1910-1980)
169	Béla Szabados	1867	Hungarian composer
170	Béla Tallián	1851	Hungarian politician
171	Běla Hlaváčková	1976	Czech swimmer
172	Bellatrix Serra	1982	Brazilian actress
173	Béla Széchenyi	1837	Traveller, geographer, politician
174	Béla Szakcsi Lakatos	1943	Jazz pianist, composer
175	Béla Kontuly	1904	Hungarian artist
176	Béla Dornyay	1887	Museologist
177	Béla Lipthay	1892
178	Béla Schwalm	1941	Hungarian ice hockey player
179	Běla Gran Jensen	1943
180	Béla Ivády	1873	Hungarian politician
181	Bela "Bert" Grof	1921	Australian agricultural researcher
182	Béla Egresi	1922	Association football player
183	Béla Fischer	1959
184	Béla Mikla	1921	Fencer
185	Béla Jáki	1958	Hungarian actor
186	Béla Bártfai	1955
187	Béla von Brandenstein	1901	German university teacher (1901-1989)
188	Béla Kasztovszky	1942	Hungarian science fiction writer
189	Béla Pap	1845
190	Béla Rerrich	1881	Architect
191	Béla Belicza		Hungarian canoeist
192	Béla Just	1906	French writer (1906-1954)
193	Béla Sebestyén	1885	Association football player
194	Béla Gyarmati	1942	Fencer
195	Béla Berzeviczy	1870
196	Béla Bay	1907	Fencer
197	Béla Pintér	1970	Hungarian actor
198	Béla Bánhidy	1836	Politician
199	Béla Székula	1881	Stamp dealer and forger
200	Béla Uitz	1887	Painter