Apr 14
Beli
Beli is a short form of a Norse masculine name containing beli (bellowing).
Variants:
Beli [Erik Lind 1905-1915 Norsk-isländska dopnamn ock fingerade namn från medeltiden, column 118].
Belli [Hugh Smith 1937 English Place-Name Society 14: 249].
Stump:
beli = bellowing [Guðbrandur Vigfússon 1874 An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, page 57].
Evidence:
The place-name Belebi, recorded in 1086, is believed to mean “Beli’s farm” [Hugh Smith 1937 English Place-Name Society 14: 232-233].
