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).