Entry № 1329 · Spanish origin

Belen Belen — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ beh-LEN /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Spanish
Meaning
"Bethlehem"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Spanish)

A name that means "bethlehem".

Belén is the Spanish word for "Bethlehem" — the birthplace of Jesus. Also the word for a Nativity scene.

Belén is widely used in Spain and Latin America.

Bethlehem. The Spanish Nativity.

The name in its native script.

Belen
Transliteration
Belen
Pronunciation
/ bəˈlɛn /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Belen stands.

Belen does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Belens before her.

Real people
Belén Rueda
Spanish actress.
born 1965
In fiction
Belén
Common in Spanish fiction.

Names connected to Belen.

The number behind Belen.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Belen reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.