Bellamy

Bellamy comes bowing, from the Old French bel ami, "beautiful friend." William the Conqueror's scribes carried the name across the Channel in 1066, where it settled as an Anglo-Norman surname dotting English villages. More recently, The 100's Bellamy Blake and a wave of parents charmed by its literary lilt have helped it bloom as a first name, especially for girls, though its unisex profile is widening. Ranked 690, Bellamy has the warmth its etymology promises: three syllables that sound like a handwritten letter, equal parts courtly and contemporary, a name that already likes whoever hears it.