Bell

Bell
a) A Scottish and northern English surname for a bell ringer, bell maker, or from someone who lived "at the Bell (inn)"

I couldn’t make out her name at first; for, when she gave it in answer to my inquiry, it sounded like Beltot, which didn’t sound right. But, when we became better acquainted—which was while Charker and I were drinking sugar-cane sangaree, which she made in a most excellent manner—I found that her Christian name was Isabella, which they shortened into Bell, and that the name of the deceased non-commissioned officer was Tott. Being the kind of neat little woman it was natural to make a toy of—I never saw a woman so like a toy in my life—she had got the plaything name of Belltott. In short, she had no other name on the island.

b) The Bell telephone company (after , the inventor of the telephone.)
See Also: Baby Bell, Ma Bell

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