Italian Girl Names That Mean Beauty

If you want Italian girl names that mean beauty, the language offers one word that keeps reappearing in new forms: bella.

Names33

OriginItalian

MeaningBeauty

GenderGirl

Italian is unusually generous with this meaning because one small word, bella, does so much work. It means beautiful on its own, as in Bella, and it also grafts easily onto other names to build new ones.

That's why this list has fewer separate 'beauty words' than you might expect and more combinations: names built by joining bella to another name or word, so the meaning of beauty gets paired with grace, roses, or a lady's name, rather than standing alone.

Italian girl names that mean beauty, built from one root

Look closely and you'll see bella doing double duty across this list. Annabella pairs it with Anna for 'gracious and beautiful,' Giabella pairs it with Gia for the same idea, and Belladonna pairs it with donna for 'beautiful lady.' Vella and Sabella echo or trim the same sound. Even Elizabella tucks bella onto Elizabeth.

When beauty meets flowers and color

Two other Italian words carry the beauty theme in a different direction: rosa, the rose, and bianca, white or fair. Rosa stands alone as a flower name, while Rosabella and Bellarose fuse rose and beautiful into one word said two ways. Bianca and Ginevra reach beauty through fairness instead, showing the meaning has more than one route in.

Names List

Bella#136 in the U.S.Beautiful; lovely — from Italian bella, feminine of bello, from Latin bellus (beautiful, fair)Pronounced BEL-uh▶Bianca#500 in the U.S.Italian form of Blanche, from Old French 'blanc' and ultimately Latin/Germanic root meaning white or fairPronounced bee-AHN-kah▶Rosa#653 in the U.S.From Latin rosa meaning the rose flower; used across Romance languages as the feminine given name associaPronounced ROH-zuh▶Annabella#1313 in the U.S.Gracious and beautiful; grace plus beautyPronounced an-ah-BEL-ah▶Rosabella#3254 in the U.S.Beautiful rose; a compound of Latin rosa, 'rose', and bella, 'beautiful'Pronounced roh-zah-BEL-ah▶Bellarose#3575 in the U.S.Fused compound of Bella — Italian 'beautiful' — and Rose, the flower from Latin rosa: 'beautiful rose'Pronounced BEL-ə-rohz▶Sabella#3862 in the U.S.Short form of Isabella — the Spanish/Italian Elizabeth, 'pledged/devoted to God' — standing gracefully alPronounced sah-BEL-ah▶Giabella#4918 in the U.S.Modern coinage joining Gia (from Gianna, 'God is gracious') to Bella ('beautiful'); a combination namePronounced jee-ah-BEL-ah▶Belladonna#5160 in the U.S.From Italian bella donna, 'beautiful lady' — also the name of the deadly nightshade plant; routes layeredPronounced bel-ə-DON-ah▶Ginevra#5183 in the U.S.Italian form of Guinevere/Jennifer — from Welsh Gwenhwyfar, 'white phantom, fair and smooth'Pronounced jih-NEV-rah▶Vella#5268 in the U.S.From a V-spelling of Bella ('beautiful', Latin/Italian); also an Italian/Maltese surname (linked to 'a waPronounced VEL-ah▶Elizabella#6994 in the U.S.A modern blend of Elizabeth ('my God is an oath') and Bella/Isabella ('beautiful'); routes layeredPronounced ee-liz-uh-BEL-ah▶Miabelle#7449 in the U.S.A blend of Mia — variously 'mine' (Italian) and a short form of Maria — and Belle, 'beautiful' (French); Pronounced MEE-uh-bel▶Ariabella#8469 in the U.S.A modern compound of Aria ('air; a melody', Italian) and Bella ('beautiful', Latin/Italian), hence 'a beaPronounced ar-ee-ah-BEL-ah▶Avella#8990 in the U.S.A modern name, variously joining Ava with -bella ('beautiful') and echoing the Italian place Avella; no sPronounced uh-VEL-ah▶Bellamarie#9006 in the U.S.A compound name — Bella (Italian, 'beautiful') joined with Marie (a form of Mary, variously 'star of the Pronounced BEL-uh-muh-REE▶Bellani#9007 in the U.S.A modern name, joining Bella (Italian, 'beautiful') with a -ni ending (also an Italian surname); no singlPronounced beh-LAH-nee▶Vianka#9483 in the U.S.A Slavic/Spanish form of Bianca — from the Italian bianca, 'white; pure; fair'Pronounced vee-AHN-kah▶Bellah#9626 in the U.S.A spelling of Bella — from the Italian/Latin bella, 'beautiful'; also a short form of Isabella/ArabellaPronounced BEL-ah▶Orabella#10083 in the U.S.A modern name echoing the Italian ora bella, 'beautiful hour,' and the classic Arabella ('yielding to praPronounced or-ah-BEL-ah▶Bellina#10371 in the U.S.From the Italian bella, 'beautiful', with the diminutive -ina, 'little beautiful one'; a graceful namePronounced beh-LEE-nah▶Fiore#10511 in the U.S.From the Italian fiore, 'flower' (from the Latin flos/floris). A lyrical nature/word name evoking blossomPronounced fee-OH-ray▶Bari#12324 in the U.S.Bari reads as a short name with several routes: a form of Barrie ('fair-haired; at the barrier', Irish/ScPronounced BAH-ree▶Capriana#12373 in the U.S.A flowing name evoking the Italian island of Capri (and the place name Capriana), with a graceful -ana enPronounced kap-ree-AH-nah▶Ariebella#13624 in the U.S.A modern coinage joining an Arie- sound with bella ('beautiful'), in the Arabella/Annabella family. RoutePronounced air-ee-BEL-uh▶Bellaluna#13686 in the U.S.A modern combination name joining the Italian bella, 'beautiful,' with luna, 'moon' — 'beautiful moon.' TPronounced bel-uh-LOO-nuh▶Bellamae#13687 in the U.S.Bellamae joins Bella — Italian and Latin for 'beautiful' — with Mae, a vintage English name linked to MayPronounced BEL-uh-may▶Lavella#14434 in the U.S.Most plausibly an American blend of the La- prefix with a -vella ending (echoing Italian bella, 'beautifuPronounced luh-VEL-uh▶Sarabella#14930 in the U.S.A modern compound joining Sara (Hebrew Sarah, 'lady; noblewoman; princess') to Bella (Italian, 'beautifulPronounced sair-uh-BEL-uh▶Adabella#15198 in the U.S.Adabella joins two real names: Ada, from a Germanic root meaning 'noble', and Bella, the Italian and LatiPronounced ah-duh-BEL-uh▶Labella#16541 in the U.S.Labella joins the Italian article la ('the') to bella ('beautiful') — 'the beautiful (one).' It reads as Pronounced luh-BEL-uh▶Mirta#19280 in the U.S.Mirta is the Spanish and Italian form of Myrtle, ultimately from Greek 'myrtos', the myrtle shrub - an evPronounced MEER-tah▶ArisabellaA modern coinage blending an Aris-/Arya- sound with Isabella ('beautiful; pledged to God'). Routes uncertPronounced air-ih-suh-BEL-uh▶

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Frequently Asked

What is the most classic Italian name meaning beauty?

Bella is the simplest and most direct: it's the actual Italian and Latin word for beautiful, which is why it shows up inside so many other names on this list.

Are there Italian beauty names besides ones using 'bella'?

Yes. Bianca means white or fair, Rosa means rose, and Ginevra means fair one, so beauty is expressed through color and flowers too, not only the word bella itself.

Is Belladonna a good choice given the plant?

Belladonna literally means 'beautiful lady' from bella and donna, though it's also the name of a nightshade plant, which some parents like to know before choosing it.