August 5
Why this day? Bel is a short form of Abel, and shares its name day.
Bel is celebrated in Spain, Brazil and Argentina on July 4; France on August 5; the United States on September 8.
Bel is a short form of Abel. It keeps its origin (Hebrew) and meaning — breath, mist, vapor (transience of life), and shares its name day, August 5.
On birth records, Bel is rarely written as such: the Bels are Abels (28,965 births). For the name's history, year-by-year popularity and famous bearers, read the Abel page. Bel is also a short form of Belinda, Belkacem, Anabel.
Bel is a short form of Abel, which means breath, mist, vapor (transience of life).
August 5, together with Abel: a short form shares the name day of the name it comes from.
It is a familiar short form. It does not appear as such in birth records, where you find Abel.
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