In English, name Belle means – Diminutive of Annabel: Variant of the Latin Amabel. Edgar Allan Poes poem Annahel Lee made the form Annabel popular throughout the English-speaking world in the 19th century. The form Annabelle became popular in the mid-2Oth century.. Other origins for name Belle include – English, French, French, German, Spanish. Name Belle is most often used as a girl name or female name.