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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of Scottish personal names).
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BELL. Sc. form of Isabel(la) (Ayr. 1791 Burns Bonie Bell ii., 1823 Galt Entail xvi., Edb. 1900 E. H. Strain Elmslie's Drag-net i.; Per., Fif., Lth., Ayr. 1915–26 Wilson). Gen.Sc. Dim. form Bellag (Cai. 1902 J. Horne Canny Countryside 34). See also Isie, Tib.
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