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Throughout the world, Bèl (Belle , Bellen , Bèl ) is a common predominantly female, but very seldom male first name. The first name Bèl is characteristic of Saint Kitts and Nevis, where it is quite a common girly name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a common primarily girly, but very infrequently male name, and Macao, where it is quite a common female name (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United States, and Indonesia. Likewise, Bèl is the last name as well as the forename.
Bèl is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Belle , the fictional character and protagonist/heroine of Disney's 1991 animated feature "Beauty and the Beast"; Belle Moffat , the fictional character from Louisa May Alcott's Little Women; Belle Lurette , the puppet created by Richard Morin, The Star Keeper; Belle Black , the fictional character from the American soap opera Days of Our Lives and Belle Duck , and in many other works.