Origin: Germanic Old English prefix
Belle has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:
a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals
"she was the belle of the ball"
An attractive woman.
"The crowd gathered to admire the belle walking down the runway."
A female given name from French
"The bride wore her mother's pearl necklace, a gift that made her look like a true belle on her wedding day."
A female given name from English.
The word belle comes directly from the French term meaning "beautiful," which itself was borrowed from the Latin word bella. It entered English with this same sense of referring to a beautiful woman or girl.