| Nadine | Belle | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | hope | Beautiful |
| Origin | french | french |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | nah-DEEN | BEL |
| Syllables | 2 | 1 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 1958 (1,011) | 1915 (407) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Vintage | Vintage |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Nadine | Belle |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 829 | 1,522 |
| 2010s | 1,555 | 2,405 |
| 2000s | 1,928 | 1,297 |
| 1990s | 2,684 | 392 |
| 1980s | 3,319 | 112 |
| 1970s | 3,889 | 171 |
| 1960s | 8,008 | 261 |
| 1950s | 8,979 | 398 |
| 1940s | 5,317 | 429 |
| 1930s | 6,196 | 538 |
| 1920s | 6,951 | 1,545 |
| 1910s | 3,095 | 2,901 |
| 1900s | 443 | 2,096 |
| 1890s | 163 | 2,512 |
| 1880s | 25 | 2,648 |
A French elaboration of Nadia/Nadya, ultimately from Russian Nadezhda, from the Old Slavic word meaning 'hope'. The 'hope' sense comes through the Slavic root rather than any native French element.
The French word belle 'beautiful', feminine of beau, from Latin bellus. Used as a given name meaning 'beautiful' and also a short form of names like Isabelle/Annabelle.
Nadine and Belle are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Nadine means hope (french origin), while Belle means Beautiful (french origin).
In US records, Nadine first appears in 0 and Belle in 0, so Nadine has the longer recorded history.