MEANING & HISTORY
What does Belly mean?
Cambridge identifies belly as an informal English noun for the front part of the body below the chest. Independently, the election transcription contains Belly in its given-name field.
The lexical explanation is scoped to that language; it does not prove the family’s source or describe the person.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗THE RECORDED SPELLING
Find Belly in the sources
Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
BELLYCSV record 7,137 (header counted as record 1)
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Belly in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Belly
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Bella♀Beautiful; also a short form of Isabella
- Belle♀Beautiful; also a short form of Isabelle or Annabelle
- Billy♂Affectionate form of Bill or William
- Elly♀Short form of Eleanor, Ellen, Elizabeth and other El- names
- Jelly♀Word name from English jelly
- Kelly♂♀English form of Irish Ceallach or Ó Ceallaigh
- Nelly♀Familiar form of Nell and other nel names
- Bekay♀Rebecca familiar form with the ending -ay
What rhymes with Belly?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
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- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Cambridge Dictionary — belly (opens in a new tab)
Exact dictionary word sense, kept separate from personal-name origin.