Belda as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Belda

What is the meaning of the name Belda ?

The baby name Belda is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈbɛldə/ (BEL-dah).

Belda is Basque in Origin.

Belda is an uncommon feminine given name with overlapping origins. In the Hispanic world, Belda is chiefly a Spanish surname that has occasionally been adopted as a forename in Spain, Latin America, and the Philippines. Some modern bearers connect it with Spanish beldad "beauty," though that link is interpretive rather than proven. In Ashkenazi usage, Belda also surfaces as a variant of the Yiddish name Baila/Beile/Beyle, traditionally glossed "beautiful" or "fair," alongside spellings Belde and Belte.

Attested sporadically since the late 19th century, the name has never been widespread, appearing in scattered civil records and Jewish community documents with a small mid-20th-century bump. Variants and related forms include Belde, Belte, Bella, Baila/Beile, Belinda, and Isabel/Isabela; common short forms are Bel and Bella. Meanings follow lineage: "beautiful/fair" in the Yiddish stream; undefined in the Spanish-surname stream.