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Bella is a feminine given name. It is a diminutive form of names ending in -bella. Bella is related to the Italian, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese and Latin words for beautiful, and to the name Belle, meaning beautiful in French. [1] [2] It increased in usage following the publication of the Twilight books by Stephenie Meyer.
Margherita Boniver (born 1938), Italian politician; Margherita Buy (born 1962), Italian actress; Margherita Caffi (1650–1710), Italian painter of still lifes; Margherita Carosio (1908–2005), Italian operatic soprano; Margherita Durastanti (fl. 1700–1734), Italian singer; Margherita Galeotti (1867–after 1912), Italian pianist and composer
Italian term Literal translation Definition Bel canto: beautiful singing: Any fine singing, esp. that popular in 18th- and 19th-century Italian opera Bravura: skill: A performance of extraordinary virtuosity Bravo: skillful: A cry of congratulation to a male singer or performer. (Masc. pl. bravi; fem. sing. brava; fem. pl. brave.)
Bellissima ("Very Beautiful" in Italian) may refer to: Bellissima, a 1951 film by Luchino Visconti; Bellissima!, a 1988 Pizzicato Five album "I Have a Dream"/"Bellissima", a 1997 DJ Quicksilver song; Bellissima (Annalisa song), 2022; MSC Bellissima, a cruise ship; Trialeurodes bellissima, a whitefly species; Bellissima, a Canadian fashion retailer
The word entered the English language in the late 19th century. It is derived from the Italian noun diva, a female deity. The plural of the word in English is "divas"; in Italian, dive. The basic sense of the term is goddess, [6] [7] the feminine of the Latin word divus (Italian divo), someone deified after death, or Latin deus, a god. [8]
Alina is a feminine given name with multiple origins in different cultures. It might be a form of Aline, which originated as a shortened form of Adeline, meaning noble.It has been used in Scotland as a feminine version of Alistair, the Scottish form of Alexander, and as an English version of the Scottish Gaelic álainn, meaning beautiful.
Gabriella is a feminine given name used in various languages. Its English spelling originates as an Italian feminine given name from the Hebrew name Gabriel.Girls who are named Gabriella often take on a shorter version of the name, such as Bella, Ella, Gab, Gabby, and Gabbi.
Femminielli or femmenielli (singular femminiello, also spelled as femmeniello) are a population of people who embody a third gender role in traditional Neapolitan culture. [4] [5] This term is culturally distinct from trans woman, and has its own cultural significance and practices, often including prostitution. [5]