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Bell Family History
Bell Genealogy & Family TreeBell is an English name from Dumfriesshire, England, where the first Bell on record was Ailuuardus filius Bell in 1086. It comes from the Old English word belle which means “bell” and refers to the occupation of a bell ringer or someone who lived near a bell. It may also come from the French belle meaning “handsome” or “beautiful.” In recent years, it is sometimes used as a given name. Roots for this name can also be found in Germany, Norway, Scotland, and in Hebrew. It is the 36th most common name in Scotland and the 67th most common in the United States. The family motto is Ubi bene ibi patria which means “One’s country is where one is well.”
Other spellings include “Belle,” “Beale,” “Beel,” “Biehl,” Biel,” “Beal,” “Beall,” “Beals,” Beales,” “Bohl,” “Boll,” and “Bale.” Notable people with the surname include Scottish-Canadian-American inventor Alexander Graham Bell, American actress Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars, Frozen, Forgetting Sarah Marshall), British actor Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot, Turn, Jane Eyre), American actress Lake Bell (Million Dollar Arm, What Happens in Vegas, In a World), and American football player Demetress Bell (Buffalo Bills). The first Bell to come to America was James Bell in Barbados in 1635.
Bell Birth Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Alice Elizabeth Bell -- --, 1500 December 0, 1553
- Susannah Bell -- --, 1391 December 0, 1410
- John Bell -- --, 1505 December 0, 1593 Scotland
- Richard Bell -- --, 1546 December 0, 1551 Scotland
- Lancelot Bell -- --, 1720 March 30, 1752 England
Bell Death Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- William Bell -- --, 1673 May 15, 1751
- Eupham Judith Bell -- --, 1555 August 8, 1587
- Edward Bell -- --, 1520 December 0, 1587 England
- Paull Or Paul Bell -- --, 1545 July 17, 1591
- Edmund Bell -- --, 1562 December 22, 1607 England
