Bellamy
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Meaning
from French 'bel ami', meaning 'handsome friend'
The story
Bellamy comes from the Old French bel ami, meaning fine friend or handsome companion, which makes it one of the warmest names in meaning on the whole shelf. It began as a surname for a good-natured, well-liked person and has crossed cleanly into first-name use, working for a girl or a boy. It carries a literary echo from Edward Bellamy, whose utopian novel gripped readers a century ago, and a musical one from the harmony-rich Bellamy Brothers. Fresh and stylish, it fits the modern love of surnames worn up front, with the sweet short form Bell inside it. Brand new in that role, Bellamy has climbed fast in the United States and reads as current as it has ever been. Friendly by definition, melodic and modern, Bellamy hands a child a name that literally means beautiful friend.
How popular is Bellamy around the world?
In the United States, 4,448 babies were named Bellamy between 2020 and 2025.
Bellamy is on the official records of the United States, Canada, South Australia, England and Wales, Argentina, Mexico City and Brazil.
United States
1 in 4,900
In the United States, 4,448 babies were named Bellamy between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Bellamy peaked in the 2020s. In 2025 Bellamy went to 341 girls and 374 boys in the US Social Security record, one of the few names given to girls and boys in nearly equal numbers.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Canada
1 in 7,600
In Canada, 29 boys named Bellamy were born in 2024, the 886th most common name among boys that year.
In Canada, 19 girls named Bellamy were born in 2024, ranked 1,286th among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
South Australia
1 in 9,2002017
In South Australia, 1 girl was registered as Bellamy in 2017.
In South Australia, 1 boy was registered as Bellamy in 2017.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
England and Wales
1 in 45,000
In England and Wales, 9 boys named Bellamy were born in 2025, ranked 2,440th among boys that year.
In England and Wales, 4 girls named Bellamy were born in 2025, ranked 4,867th among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Argentina
1 in 95,000
In Argentina, 7 newborns were given the name Bellamy in 2024.
share of that year’s name registrations
Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024
Mexico City City
1 in 120,000
In Mexico City, there was 1 registration of Bellamy in 2022.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.
Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023
Austria
last on record 2024
Bellamy is not on the 2025 record for Austria, which publishes every first name down to a single birth, so the name was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.
Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)
Brazil
At the 2022 census, 23 people in Brazil were named Bellamy, ranked 113,027th, with a median age of 2.
People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
Not on the record in Spain, Puerto Rico, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Bellamy
Most people given the name Bellamy in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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