Meaning: Its source is an English expression meaning "The instrument traditionally sounded to give warnings or to call assemblies."

Nickname For: Isabella

Compound Forms: Lisbell

Popularity: The name Bell ranked 3143rd in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.

Though this name appears on the 1990 U.S. Census lists, it is used by only a small percentage of the general population.

Narrative: This was a surname designating those who worked with or around bells. Like Belle and Bella, it may owe some of its popularity as a given name to its identfication with forms of Isabel.