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I really like music by Béla Bartók and I find his name amazing, too. Most of your combos are wonderful - I especially like Bela Casimir,
Bela Constantine, Bela Ferdinand (agree it is very handsome :), Bela Frederick, Bela Ignatz, Bela Silvanus. I have a problem with Vlastimil - in Russian vlast' means "authority, rule", so Vlastimil makes me think of a person who sucks up to authority. Thinking about Russia's (and actually any other country's!) history and...well...the present, I'd be careful with this name, lol.

two associations

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1) Bela Lugosi, the silent vampire film actor.

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2) One of Stalin's advisors', whose surname was Bela.

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So, the name has quite a sinister vibe for me, I had forgotten about Bartok I guess. This said, Bela Victor flows well.

Better is:
Béla Kazimir
Béla Ferdinand
Béla Ludvik
Béla Silvester
Béla Vlastimil

Of yours, I like:

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Bela Dimitri
Bela Franz
Bela Ignatz
Bela Ludvik
Bela Matthieu
Bela Sergei
Bela Silvanus
Bela Viktor
Bela Vlastimil (Why is this unusable? Did I miss something? :-/)

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And my only suggestion:

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Bela Vitaliy

I'm torn on this name myself. Bela is refreshing on a male, though no one would pronounce it correct (as in Bela Lugosi always being called behl-uh instead of bay-law).

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It's cool and unique though I think with the current popularity of Isabella it would stick out as really odd.

I LOVE Bela Casimir and Bela Silvanus. They sound so exotic and elegant. And the name Bela is so unique.

I adore Bela Bartok as well, and i've considered using it to honor. (my combo was Possibly Bela Maximilian Claude - for Bela Bartok and Claude Debussy)

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Of yours I like:
Bela Constantine
Bela Dimitri
Bela Emmerich (prefer Emeric)
Bela Ignatz (also like Ignatius)
Bela Matthias
Bela Sergei
Bela Viktor (Bela Bartoks full name was Bela Viktor Janos)
Bela Wilhelm

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What about:
Bela Maxim
Bela Nikolai
Bela ALphonse
Bela Gabriel
Bela Olivier
Bela Zev
Bela Casper
Bela Uriel
Bela Aleksei
Bela Roman
Bela Evgeni
Bela Raphael

I like Bela Matthias.

I think it's a neat name. I like Bela Constantine and Bela Emmerich the best. Bela Ferdinand is nice too.