Béla (given name)
Béla is a common Hungarian male given name. Its most likely etymology is from old Hungarian bél. Other possible etymological source is a Turkic word boila/boyla – "noble, distinguished", which was a title of high nobility among the Bulgars and Blue Turks.
Due to fame and importance of the saint Adalbert of Prague for early mediaeval Hungarian, Czech and Polish cultural history, the name Béla have been artificially assigned to Germanic name Adalbert and Slavonic name Vojtěch/Wojciech, although among these names there isn't any linguistic relationship.
People
- Béla of Hungary
- *Béla I of Hungary, King of Hungary
- *Béla II of Hungary, King of Hungary and Croatia
- *Béla III of Hungary, King of Hungary and Croatia
- *Béla IV of Hungary, King of Hungary and Croatia
- *Béla V of Hungary, Duke of Lower Bavaria and King of Hungary and Croatia
- Béla of Macsó, Duke of Macsó and Bosnia
- Bela of Saint Omer, French knight, Lord of one half of Thebes
- Bela of Britonia, Galician clergyman, Bishop of Britonia
- Béla Nagy Abodi, Hungarian painter
- Béla Apáti Abkarovics, Hungarian painter and graphic artist
- :hu:Bacsó_Béla_|Béla Bacsó
- *:hu:Bacsó_Béla_|Béla Bacsó Hungarian journalist and writer
- *:hu:Bacsó_Béla_|Béla Bacsó aesthete
- Béla Bácskai, Hungarian field hockey player
- Béla Bakosi, Hungarian triple jumper
- Béla Balázs, Hungarian film critic, writer and poet
- Béla Balogh, Hungarian film director
- Béla Balogh, Hungarian footballer
- Béla Bánáthy
- *Béla H. Bánáthy, American linguist and systems scientist
- *Béla A. Bánáthy, American systems scientist
- Béla Bánhidy, Hungarian politician
- Béla Barabás, Hungarian politician, jurist and author
- Béla Barényi, Hungarian-Austrian engineer
- Béla Bartalos, Hungarian handball player
- Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer and pianist
- Béla Bay, Hungarian fencer
- Béla Békessy, Hungarian fencer
- Béla Belicza, Hungarian sprint canoer
- Béla Berger, Hungarian-Australian chess player
- Béla Bicsérdy, Hungarian alternative medicine advocate, lecturer and author
- Béla Biszku, Hungarian politician
- Béla Bodó, Hungarian hurdler
- Béla Bodonyi, Hungarian footballer
- Béla Bollobás, Hungarian-British mathematician
- Bela Borsodi, Austrian photographer
- Béla Bugár, Slovak politician
- Bela Čikoš Sesija, Croatian painter
- Béla Csécsei, Hungarian educator and politician
- Béla Czóbel, Hungarian painter
- Béla Dankó, Hungarian politician
- Béla von Darányi, Hungarian sports shooter
- Béla Drahos, Hungarian conductor and flautist
- Béla Egresi, Hungarian footballer
- Béla Ernyey, Hungarian actor
- Béla Fleck, American banjo player
- Béla Gaál, Hungarian film director
- Béla Glattfelder, Hungarian politician
- Béla Goldoványi, Hungarian sprinter
- Béla Grunberger, French psychologist
- Béla Guttmann, Hungarian footballer and coach
- Béla Gyarmati, Hungarian fencer
- Béla Hamvas, Hungarian writer, philosopher, and social critic
- Béla Háray, Hungarian ice hockey and field hockey player
- Béla Hatvany, American computer scientist, inventor and entrepreneur
- Bela S. Huntington, American lawyer and politician
- Béla Illés, Hungarian writer and journalist
- Béla Illés, Hungarian footballer
- Béla Imrédy, Hungarian politician
- Béla Ivády, Hungarian politician
- Béla Iványi-Grünwald, Hungarian painter
- Béla Jankovich, Hungarian politician
- Béla Tibor Jeszenszky, Hungarian singer
- Béla Juhász, Hungarian long-distance runner
- Béla Julesz, Hungarian neuroscientist
- Béla Jurcsek, Hungarian politician
- Béla Kádár, Hungarian painter
- Béla Károlyi, Romanian gymnastics coach
- Béla Kárpáti, Hungarian footballer
- Béla Katona, Hungarian politician
- Béla Katzirz, Hungarian footballer
- Béla von Kehrling, Hungarian tennis, table tennis, football and ice-hockey player and bobsledder
- Béla Kéler, Hungarian composer and conductor
- Béla Kerékjártó, Hungarian mathematician
- Béla Király, Hungarian military officer, politician and historian
- Béla Kiss, Hungarian serial killer
- Béla Komjádi, Hungarian artist and author
- Béla Kontuly, Hungarian painter and art teacher
- Béla Köpeczi, Hungarian cultural historian and politician
- Béla Koplárovics, Hungarian footballer
- Béla Kovács
- *Béla Kovács, Hungarian politician and jurist
- *Béla Kovács, Hungarian politician
- *Béla Kovács, Hungarian clarinetist
- *Béla Kovács, Hungarian politician
- *Béla Kovács, Hungarian footballer
- Béla Kuharszki, Hungarian footballer
- Béla Kun, Hungarian politician
- Béla Lajta, Hungarian architect
- Béla Lakatos, Hungarian footballer
- Béla Linder, Hungarian military officer and politician
- Béla Lugosi, Hungarian-American actor
- Bela Lugosi, Jr., American lawyer
- Béla Macourek, Hungarian flying ace
- Béla Magyari, Hungarian military officer and aerospace engineer
- Béla Markó, Romanian politician
- Béla Mavrák, Hungarian tenor singer
- Béla Mező, Hungarian sprinter and long jumper
- Béla Mezőssy, Hungarian politician
- Béla Mikla, Hungarian fencer
- Béla Miklós, Hungarian military officer and politician
- Bela De Nagy, American fencer
- Béla Orczy, Hungarian politician
- Béla Pálfi, Serbian footballer
- Béla Pállik, Hungarian artist, opera singer and theater director
- Bela Papp, Finnish figure skater
- Béla Pásztor, Hungarian politician
- Béla Perczel, Hungarian politician and jurist
- Béla Perényi, Hungarian chess master
- Béla Petrovics, Hungarian sprint canoer
- Bela Pratt, American sculptor
- Béla Rajki, Hungarian swimming and water polo coach
- Béla Rerrich, Hungarian fencer
- Béla Réthy, German sports reporter
- Béla Sárosi, Hungarian football player and manager
- Béla Schwalm, Hungarian ice hockey player
- Béla Scitovszky, Hungarian politician
- Béla Sebestyén, Hungarian footballer
- Bela Šefer, Yugoslav footballer
- Béla Serényi, Hungarian politician
- Béla Síki, Hungarian pianist
- Béla Simon, Hungarian rower
- Béla Spányi, Hungarian painter
- Béla Szabados
- *Béla Szabados, Hungarian composer
- *Béla Szabados, Hungarian Olympic swimmer
- Béla Szántó, Hungarian politician
- Béla Szászy, Hungarian politician and jurist
- Béla Székely, Hungarian politician
- Béla Szekeres
- *Béla Szekeres, Hungarian cyclist
- *Béla Szekeres, Hungarian runner
- Béla Székula, Hungarian philatelist and forger
- Béla Szende, Hungarian politician
- Béla Szepes, Hungarian skier, athlete, graphic designer and journalist
- Béla Szőkefalvi-Nagy, Hungarian mathematician
- Béla Szombati, Hungarian diplomat
- Béla Tallián, Hungarian politician
- Béla Tarr, Hungarian film director
- Béla Tomka, Hungarian historian
- Béla Turi-Kovács,, Hungarian politician
- Béla Vágó, Hungarian politician
- Béla Várady, Hungarian footballer
- Béla Varga
- *Béla Varga, Hungarian wrestler
- *Béla Varga, Hungarian politician and priest
- Béla Virág, Hungarian footballer
- Béla Volentik, Hungarian football player and manager
- Béla Vörösmarty, Hungarian jurist and politician
- Béla Wenckheim, Hungarian politician
- Bela Zaboly, American cartoonist
- Béla Zoltán, Hungarian politician and jurist
- Béla Zsedényi, Hungarian jurist and politician
- Béla Zsitkovszky, Hungarian cinematographer and film director
- Béla Zsitnik, Hungarian rower
- Béla Zsolt, Hungarian author
- Béla Zulawszky, Hungarian fencer