Béla

Bela was occasionally used as a male name in the United States in the 18th and early 19th century by parents who had no connection with Hungary. It probably had a completely different origin in those cases, being the name of three different characters in the Old Testament, the most prominent being the first King of Edom. According to "Who's Who in the Old Testament", it was from a Hebrew word meaning "destroying."

With 55 560 bearers, Béla is the 27th most common masculine name in Hungary. (01/01/2016).