Béla

This article is about the Hungarian male first name. Until 1873, Béla was also the Hungarian name of the municipality Košická Belá in eastern Slovakia; for the moon crater of the same name, see Béla (moon crater) .

Béla is a male name .

Origin and meaning

Béla is a Hungarian male name. The origin of the name is uncertain, according to the most likely explanation it comes from the old Hungarian personal name Bél, with the A here being a diminutive. The meaning of Bél is "inner part", e.g. B. "Heart". The name became modern again in Hungary in the 19th century; it used to appear in the names of the kings of the Árpád family.

Since it appeared in Hungarian as the name of the ruler, the Hungarian name Béla comes from another explanation of the Turkish name Bojla, which was common as the name of dignitaries in the early medieval Eurasian steppe.

• Béla is the Hungarian variant of Adalbert .

name day

April 23

variants

Bela, Behla

Name bearer

Ruler's name

• Béla I (Hungary) (around 1015 / 1020–1063), King of Hungary
• Béla II (Hungary) (around 1110–1141), King of Hungary
• Béla III. (Hungary) (around 1148–1196), King of Hungary
• Béla IV (Hungary) (1206–1270), King of Hungary and Croatia

First name

• Béla Anda (* 1963), German communications manager and journalist
• Béla Balassa (1928–1991), Hungarian-American economist
• Béla Balázs (1884–1949), Hungarian film critic and writer
• Béla Bartalos (* 1948), Hungarian handball player and coach
• Béla Bartók (1881–1945), Hungarian composer and pianist
• Béla Barényi (1907–1997), Austrian inventor and designer
• Béla Bollobás (* 1943), Hungarian-British mathematician
• Ben Bela Böhm (* 1975), German actor
• Béla Bugár (* 1958), politician of the Hungarian minority in Slovakia
• Béla Czóbel (1883–1976), Hungarian expressionist and Fauvist artist
• Béla Drahos (* 1955), Hungarian flautist and conductor
• Béla Ernyey (* 1942), Hungarian actor and singer
• Béla Fleck (* 1958), American musician
• Béla Grunberger (1903–2005), French psychoanalyst of Hungarian origin
• Béla Guttmann (1899–1981), Hungarian football coach
• Béla Hamvas (1897–1968), Hungarian writer
• Béla Imrédy (1891–1946), Hungarian politician
• Béla Jankovich (* 1955), Hungarian badminton player
• Béla Király (1912–2009), Hungarian general
• Béla Kiss (1877–?), Hungarian serial killer
• Béla Kun (1886–1938), Hungarian politician
• Béla Koplárovics (* 1981), Hungarian football player
• Béla Kéler (1820–1882), Hungarian composer
• Bela Lugosi (1882–1956), Hungarian actor
• Béla Markó (* 1951), Transylvanian-Hungarian writer
• Béla Miklós (1890–1948), Hungarian officer and politician
• Béla Rajki (1909–2000), Hungarian coach for water polo and swimming
• Béla Réthy (* 1956), German sports reporter and commentator
• Béla Révész (writer) (1876–1944), Hungarian writer
• Béla Sárosi (1919–1993), Hungarian football player and coach
• Béla Tardos (1910–1966), Hungarian composer
• Béla Tarr (* 1955), Hungarian film director
• Béla Török (1871–1925), Hungarian physicist and ENT doctor
• Béla Varga (1889–1969), Hungarian wrestler
• Béla Weissmahr (1929–2005), Hungarian Jesuit and philosopher
• Béla Zsolt (1895–1949), Hungarian journalist and publicist

family name

• Dajos Béla (1897–1978), Russian violinist and dance bandmaster

stage name

• Bela B (* 1962), German musician, actor and voice actor