Bellamy

Meaning: Fair friend
Origin: English surname — From Old French bel ami

Boy's name · #721 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

53% boys · 47% girls — Bellamy is split almost evenly between girls and boys among recent newborns. Bellamy →

Popularity over time

Bellamy is a new arrival: it first appears in US records in 2014. Roughly 3,000 boys have carried the name since. In 2025 it ranked #721, with about 370 newborns.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 36 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,251 in Canada (2025) · #1,258 in Ecuador (2025) · #2,440 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,079 in Austria (2024) · #2,159 in Sweden (2024) · #3,709 in France (2024) · #7,974 in Italy (2023).

Famous Bellamys

Bellamy Storer — American politician and diplomat (1847–1922)
Bellamy Hunt — Camera collector and blogger
Bellamy Partridge — American writer (1877–1960)

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 17,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

Matt Bellamy — English singer-songwriter, member of Muse (born 1978)
Craig Bellamy — Welsh footballer and coach (born 1979)
Edward Bellamy — American writer (1850–1898)

In stories & tradition

Bellamy^it — One Piece (manga)
Bellamy Blake^pt — The 100 (novel series)

Similar names: Reign · Benicio · Rami · Sincere · Blaze · Remi

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