Belt
surname · Latin script
Meaning: A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/bɛlt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Belt is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- NLNetherlands
- USUnited States
- CACanada
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Belt is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, from OE belt, used of a belt-maker; first attested Robert Belt(e) 1203 FFEss
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, Arnold, Robert Belt(e) 1203 FFEss, 1327 SRC. OE belt, used of a belt-maker, cf. Benedict le beleter 1295 FrY.
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In Afrikaans, A belt (garment).
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Dutch, a heap, hill
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Maltese, city, town
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Thomas Beltb. 1832GBEnglish geologist and naturalist (1832-1878)
- Francis Walter Beltb. 1862AUAustralian naval commander and lawyer
- Harry H. Beltb. 1883USAmerican judge (1883-1950)
- Elmer Beltb. 1893USAmerican surgeon (1893-1980)
- Philip Beltb. 1927American piano maker
- Peter Beltb. 1930GBBritish inventor
- Annet Beltb. 1968NLpolitician from the Netherlands
- Dustin Beltb. 1987USAmerican actor, rapper and singer
- Antone Beltb. 1987USAmerican long jumper
- Brandon Beltb. 1988USAmerican baseball player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 26 sources across 16 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 8.7K | #4,065 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 8.4K | #3,874 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 8.2K | #4,171 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 882 | #1,988 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 110 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 110 | #27,284 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 100 | — |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 100 | #15,271 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 100 | #29,885 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 87 | #14,159 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 63 | #89,008 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register) | — | 27 | — |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Belt mean, and where does it come from?
- A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Belt?
- A machine transcription gives /bɛlt/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Belt have the most bearers?
- Belt is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
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Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Belt”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.