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Belén

Meaning

From Bethlehem, "house of bread", the city where Jesus was born.

Origin and History

  • · From Hebrew Beit Lechem, "house of bread". Bethlehem is the town in Judea where, according to the Gospels, Jesus was born.
  • · Along with Nazareth and Jerusalem, it is one of the few biblical town names that became a given name in its own right.

Traits and personality

In Pythagorean numerology, B, K and T are initials of the number 2: it's read as intuitive, with an ease for building healthy relationships, almost always through collaboration. These are traditional readings, not a rule: everyone ends up becoming who they choose to be, whatever name they carry.

Initial
B
Syllables
2

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