The baby name Bellona is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced beh-LOH-nah (IPA: /bɛˈloʊnə/).
The baby name Bellona is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced beh-LOH-nah (IPA: /bɛˈloʊnə/).
Bellona is Latin, Roman in Origin.
Bellona is a Latin theonym turned given name, borne by the Roman goddess of war, companion or sister/consort of Mars. The name is widely linked to Latin bellum “war,” hence the meaning “warlike” or “goddess of battle”; some antiquarians preserve an older form Duellona, from archaic duellum “war.” In Roman cult, Bellona’s temple on the Campus Martius was a site for declarations of war, and she parallels the Greek Enyo.
As a personal name Bellona remains rare but has surfaced intermittently since the Renaissance, especially in the Neoclassical 18th–19th centuries and in modern fantasy and maritime naming (e.g., HMS Bellona), lending it strong, martial associations. Variant spellings include Belona (Spanish/Portuguese) and the learned Duellona; related surnames Bellone/Bellona occur in Italy. Diminutives and pet forms include Bella, Belle, and Lona.
Bellona is seldom given. We have only 28 recorded uses of it on record, from 15 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Girls | 0 | #102 | 1 | 3,319 |
| TW | Girls | 0 | #288 | 2 | 8,139 |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #296 | 1 | 6,578 |
| GH | Girls | 0 | #337 | 1 | 6,973 |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #358 | 2 | 8,829 |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #406 | 1 | 8,413 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #429 | 1 | 13,098 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #526 | 1 | 12,621 |
| GT | Girls | 0 | #541 | 1 | 7,500 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #649 | 2 | 16,104 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #826 | 1 | 15,093 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,014 | 1 | 25,931 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,072 | 1 | 24,821 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,234 | 3 | 25,928 |
| TR | 0 | #1,246 | 9 | 19,440 |
Bellona is popular in 15 countries — most recent births per country:
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