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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Czech (Bělín) : either a nickname from Czech bílý ‘white’ or a derivative of the female personal name Běla (which also means ‘white’), denoting the son or husband of a woman so named.
  • Serbian : variant of Belan.
  • Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Beyle meaning ‘beautiful’ (related to French belle).

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