Bellamy

What Bellamy means

Means “fair + friend”

Of Norman origin, from Old French bel (“fair”) + ami (“friend”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Bellamy” (revision 92411940), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Bellamy?

US: Rising: up from #4179 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #2150 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2021, when 447 boys got the name (#621 that year). First in the US records in 2014.

How common

• About 1 in 4,567 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 30,215 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in OR (0.86 per 1,000 boys), WV (0.81 per 1,000 boys), MS (0.65 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Bellamy is #721 in the US and #2440 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 52.3% of US babies named Bellamy were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Bellemy10 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Bellamy

Boys

• Ridge#529From the word “ridge”^*
• Calvin#132“bald”^*
• Wells#345“spring”^*
• Rhett#188“advice”^*
• Ellis#243“benevolent, kind”^*
• Wallace#960“foreign”^*

For a sister

• Murphy#397“descendant of Murrough”^*
• Blake#295“black”^*
• Merritt#703Editor’s note Used for both: 77% of US babies named Merritt in 2025 were girls
• Sutton#181“south + town”^*
• Blakely#191Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #191 vs #1,407 in 2025
• Carter#454“son of Arthur”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Bellamy’s. Rank is US 2025.