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Betty name meaning

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in the U.S.
in 2010
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Meaning and Origin

What does the name Betty mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Betty

User Submitted Origins

English
60%
Hebrew
30%
Irish
4%
Nigerian
3%
Japanese
3%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. 3 people from all over the world agree the name Betty is of Hebrew / English origin and means "Confident and sweet".
  2. According to a user from Texas, U.S., the name Betty means "Loved by God".
  3. According to a user from Uganda, the name Betty is of Filipino (Philippines) origin and means "the most beautiful woman in the world who loves unconditionally and can't make false promises".
  4. According to a user from Oregon, U.S., the name Betty means "Oath to God".
  5. A submission from Nebraska, U.S. says the name Betty means "Consecrated to God".
  6. According to a user from France, the name Betty means "Beautiful".
  7. A user from Maryland, U.S. says the name Betty is of Amharic origin and means "House".
  8. A user from Liberia says the name Betty means "Kind".
  9. A submission from Korea, Republic of says the name Betty means "Very self - dependant and unique about itself".
  10. A user from Nigeria says the name Betty is of Nigerian origin and means "Sunshine".
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun Bet"ty
Senses

  1. Etymology: Supposed to be a cant word, from Betty, for Elizabeth, as such an instrument is also called Bessi. e., Elizabeth) in the Canting Dictionary of 1725, and Jennyi. e., Jane)

    A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open. Alt. spell.: bettee "The powerful betty, or the artful picklock." [Arbuthnot.]

  2. Etymology: Betty, nickname for Elizabeth

    A name of contempt given to a man who interferes with the duties of women in a household, or who occupies himself with womanish matters.
  3. A pear-shaped bottle covered round with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; -- called by chemists a Florence flask.(U. S)
Wiktionary
  1. A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.

Betty was also found in the following language(s): Cebuano, Danish, and Tagalog

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Notable Persons Named Betty

Notable Persons Named Betty

Betty White

Betty White is an actress, comedian, writer, and singer. She has had major accomplishments since 1939. Betty was given the name Betty Marion White on January 17th, 1922 in Oak Park, Illinois, U.S. Betty is also known as Betty White Ludden.

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Lauren Bacall

Lauren Bacall was an actress and model. She was most active from 1942 to 2014. Lauren was given the name Betty Joan Perske on September 16th, 1924 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S. She left this life on August 12th, 2014.

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Betty Grable

Betty Grable was an actress and actor. She was most prominent from 1929 to present. Betty was given the name Elizabeth Ruth Grable on December 18th, 1916 in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. Betty is also known as Frances Dean. She left this life on July 2nd, 1973.

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Betty Buckley

Betty Buckley is an actress and singer. She has had major accomplishments since 1969. Betty was given the name Betty Lynn Buckley on July 3rd, 1947 in Big Spring, Texas, U.S.

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Betty Boop

Betty Boop is a fictional character.

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Betty Friedan

Betty was given the name Betty Naomi Goldstein on February 4th, 1921 in Peoria, Illinois, U.S. She breathed her last breath on February 4th, 2006.

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  • Betty Ford
    Chairperson of the Betty Ford Center
  • Betty Hutton
  • Julie Adams
    Actress
  • Betty Lynn
    Actress
  • Betty Who
    Musician
  • Betty DeGeneres
  • Betty Field
    Actress
  • Betty Ong
  • Betty Garrett
    Actress
  • Betty Thomas
    Actress
  • Betty Cantrell
  • Betty Reid Soskin
  • Betty Lou Gerson
    Actress/voice Actress
  • Kathleen Crowley
    Beauty Queen

Notable Persons With the Last Name Betty

Notable Persons With the Last Name Betty

Betty

Betty is an electropop singing. She plays Vocals. Betty was given the name Elizabeth Danielyan on March 7th, 2003 in Armenia. Betty is also known as Danielyan and Elizabeth.

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Garry Betty

Garry Betty was a ceo, president of earthlink, earthlink, and president ofearthlink(1996–2007). Garry was born on March 4th, 1957 in Huntsville, Alabama. He passed away on January 2nd, 2007.

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Sam Betty

Sam Betty is a rugby player for the Worcester Warriors. His career lasted from 2010 to 2011. Sam was born on November 19th, 1986.

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Arthur Kemmis Betty

Arthur was born in 1877. He died on May 11th, 1961.

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Trevino Betty

Trevino was born on October 26th, 1974.

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Zanolli Fabila Betty

Zanolli was born in 1965.

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Common last names for Betty

Common first names for Betty

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Betty U.S.
█  White 73.27% 64.26%
█  African American 20.54% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 0.95% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.61% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 1.43% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 3.20% 16.26%

Of Last Name Betty

People with the last name Betty are most frequently White or African American

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Fun Facts about the name Betty

  • What name lists does Betty rank for?
    #14Most Popular Girl Names
    #7Old-Fashioned Girl Names
  • How Popular is the name Betty? Betty is the 42nd most popular name of all time. As a last name Betty was the 18,694th most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Betty have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,003,520 babies born with the first name Betty in the United States. That's more than enough people named Betty to occupy the country of Djibouti with an estimated population of 923,000 (as of July 1, 2012).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Betty? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1880 when it was given as a first name to 117 new born babies.
  • When was Betty first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Betty is Sunday, January 26th, 1823.
  • What year had the most people named Betty born? The highest recorded use of the first name Betty was in 1930 with a total of 38,236 babies. That's a lot of babies named Betty!
  • Random Betty Factoid: According to the 1929 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Betty ranks 2nd in popularity as a baby girl's name in North Carolina. Imagine that, 1,327 babies in North Carolina have the same name in 1929.
  • Weird things about the name Betty: The name spelled backwards is Ytteb. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Ybtte. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Betty? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 1,470 people with the last name Betty.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Betty? Chances are, most people haven't met someone with Betty as their last name since less than 1 person in 200k people have that last name. If you know one, consider yourself lucky!
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