The Weli is also often called the Welli or Belli and, dialectically, the Wöli, Wöüli or Belle. The name Weli probably comes from the Italian word belli, which means "bells".
Historically the Weli is first recorded in the early 1850s, when a Bozen card manufacturer inscribed WELLI onto the six of bells. As early as 1855, the Weli was integrated in the Salzburg pattern as the 6 of Bells.[1] The gravestone appearing in many depictions is probably the grave of the Apostle Paul.
In the game of Jaggln, the Six of Bells is usually called the Buggl (Austrian dialect for Buckel, a hump or rounded object, perhaps referring to the shape of the bells).[2]