Betty Forename
299th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 2,076,536 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Pitcairn Islands
Betty Forename Definition:
A diminutive of, and in the 20th century often a substitute for, Elizabeth. Cf. Bess (q. v.), Beth, Betsy.
Betty Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 994,191 | 1:365 | 52 |
| Uganda | 100% | 323,130 | 1:127 | 17 |
| England | 100% | 68,821 | 1:808 | 181 |
| Kenya | 100% | 51,573 | 1:898 | 181 |
| Canada | 100% | 44,244 | 1:749 | 159 |
| South Africa | 100% | 38,787 | 1:1,406 | 208 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 34,218 | 1:238 | 11 |
| Colombia | 100% | 32,024 | 1:1,492 | 224 |
| Peru | 100% | 32,000 | 1:993 | 201 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 30,426 | 1:507 | 72 |
| Zambia | - | 30,147 | 1:526 | 110 |
| Ecuador | - | 26,988 | 1:657 | 143 |
| Philippines | 98% | 26,598 | 1:3,986 | 687 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 23,733 | 1:7,482 | 1,085 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 22,747 | 1:1,328 | 214 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 21,584 | 1:3,420 | 491 |
| South Sudan | 99% | 21,357 | 1:541 | 132 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 19,095 | 1:596 | 128 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 18,756 | 1:13,754 | 1,952 |
| Ghana | 100% | 18,260 | 1:1,478 | 277 |
| Liberia | 99% | 16,369 | 1:270 | 47 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 15,094 | 1:702 | 176 |
| Sudan | 100% | 14,080 | 1:2,685 | 475 |
| Germany | 100% | 12,129 | 1:7,971 | 635 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 10,334 | 1:5,108 | 820 |
| Haiti | 100% | 10,069 | 1:1,065 | 161 |
| France | 100% | 8,679 | 1:7,659 | 554 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 8,006 | 1:2,111 | 423 |
| Mozambique | - | 7,200 | 1:3,784 | 759 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 6,473 | 1:15,072 | 2,079 |
| New Zealand | - | 5,212 | 1:870 | 203 |
| Australia | - | 5,135 | 1:2,660 | 456 |
| Belgium | 100% | 4,554 | 1:2,523 | 519 |
| Ireland | 100% | 4,341 | 1:1,070 | 199 |
| Wales | 100% | 3,919 | 1:790 | 192 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 3,686 | 1:8,261 | 962 |
| Argentina | 100% | 3,154 | 1:13,562 | 768 |
| Chile | 100% | 3,092 | 1:5,694 | 552 |
| Mexico | 100% | 3,068 | 1:40,464 | 1,705 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 2,669 | 1:3,908 | 596 |
| India | 100% | 2,633 | 1:461,404 | 38,012 |
| Denmark | - | 2,631 | 1:2,147 | 353 |
| Madagascar | - | 2,418 | 1:9,772 | 1,594 |
| China | - | 2,320 | 1:588,817 | 27,893 |
| Malawi | 100% | 2,221 | 1:7,705 | 940 |
| Honduras | 100% | 2,172 | 1:4,060 | 584 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 1,985 | 1:293 | 52 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,904 | 1:2,810 | 348 |
| Egypt | 92% | 1,692 | 1:54,315 | 3,036 |
| Bahamas | - | 1,519 | 1:263 | 37 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1,416 | 1:3,367 | 494 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1,348 | 1:4,465 | 675 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,340 | 1:22,994 | 3,005 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,260 | 1:170,029 | 8,018 |
| Morocco | - | 1,174 | 1:29,258 | 1,551 |
| Poland | 98% | 1,084 | 1:35,080 | 1,050 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 1,074 | 1:3,191 | 377 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1,056 | 1:9,335 | 836 |
| Botswana | 100% | 923 | 1:2,367 | 417 |
| Cuba | - | 886 | 1:12,987 | 866 |
| Gabon | 100% | 842 | 1:2,237 | 538 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 773 | 1:10,625 | 1,029 |
| Namibia | - | 701 | 1:3,430 | 569 |
| Spain | 100% | 689 | 1:67,533 | 2,371 |
| Hong Kong | - | 685 | 1:11,318 | 1,163 |
| El Salvador | - | 683 | 1:9,285 | 706 |
| Senegal | 100% | 665 | 1:21,927 | 1,249 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 662 | 1:2,057 | 405 |
| Bangladesh | - | 642 | 1:248,382 | 11,817 |
| Italy | 100% | 631 | 1:96,770 | 1,866 |
| Norway | 100% | 597 | 1:8,597 | 802 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 594 | 1:27,119 | 1,332 |
| Congo | 95% | 540 | 1:9,276 | 1,222 |
| Portugal | - | 507 | 1:20,534 | 974 |
| Barbados | - | 487 | 1:595 | 139 |
| Fiji | - | 460 | 1:1,940 | 537 |
| Panama | 100% | 447 | 1:8,740 | 1,220 |
| Jamaica | - | 433 | 1:6,659 | 917 |
| Singapore | 100% | 413 | 1:15,223 | 3,125 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 397 | 1:18,229 | 1,248 |
| Swaziland | - | 282 | 1:4,611 | 838 |
| Qatar | 91% | 261 | 1:9,079 | 1,458 |
| Greece | 100% | 244 | 1:44,814 | 1,626 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 242 | 1:23,254 | 1,633 |
| Ivory Coast | 81% | 224 | 1:103,018 | 6,281 |
| Jersey | - | 219 | 1:457 | 104 |
| Bahrain | - | 207 | 1:6,515 | 1,046 |
| Kuwait | - | 190 | 1:19,922 | 2,136 |
| Guam | - | 178 | 1:903 | 199 |
| Thailand | 100% | 173 | 1:405,005 | 20,524 |
| Belize | 100% | 170 | 1:2,084 | 471 |
| Suriname | 100% | 165 | 1:3,350 | 773 |
| Israel | 97% | 154 | 1:54,564 | 3,215 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 151 | 1:23,512 | 979 |
| Bermuda | - | 150 | 1:432 | 58 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 141 | 1:168,579 | 16,153 |
| Cameroon | 76% | 128 | 1:168,832 | 7,533 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 121 | 1:2,233 | 423 |
| Finland | 100% | 116 | 1:47,269 | 1,663 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 116 | 1:799 | 190 |
| Romania | 100% | 89 | 1:225,303 | 7,546 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 85 | 1:6,636 | 637 |
| Russia | 97% | 83 | 1:1,737,755 | 12,313 |
| Japan | - | 78 | 1:1,640,847 | 18,245 |
| Aruba | - | 75 | 1:1,384 | 281 |
| Hungary | 100% | 75 | 1:130,557 | 830 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 70 | 1:876 | 175 |
| French Polynesia | - | 70 | 1:3,970 | 724 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 69 | 1:26,712 | 1,050 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 68 | 1:1,614 | 323 |
| Guyana | 100% | 66 | 1:11,565 | 1,692 |
| Iraq | 100% | 63 | 1:555,839 | 5,912 |
| Malta | - | 62 | 1:6,925 | 809 |
| Grenada | 100% | 50 | 1:2,162 | 455 |
| Austria | 100% | 48 | 1:177,379 | 2,825 |
| Marshall Islands | 97% | 48 | 1:1,067 | 127 |
| Mauritania | 91% | 48 | 1:85,317 | 3,579 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 44 | 1:789 | 165 |
| Jordan | 98% | 41 | 1:215,287 | 2,749 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 36 | 1:196,907 | 408 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 36 | 1:198,666 | 12,927 |
| American Samoa | - | 34 | 1:1,642 | 233 |
| Czechia | 100% | 33 | 1:322,914 | 2,031 |
| Ukraine | 97% | 33 | 1:1,378,785 | 4,098 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 31 | 1:65,806 | 6,420 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 30 | 1:3,719 | 689 |
| Vietnam | - | 30 | 1:3,087,437 | 3,350 |
| Niger | 100% | 29 | 1:661,517 | 12,067 |
| South Korea | - | 29 | 1:191,187 | 7,453 |
| Mongolia | - | 25 | 1:117,393 | 7,151 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 21 | 1:9,255,128 | 68,083 |
| Palestine | 100% | 20 | 1:227,503 | 2,447 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 18 | 1:295,004 | 1,634 |
| Angola | - | 16 | 1:1,685,413 | 2,877 |
| Burundi | 100% | 16 | 1:619,160 | 838 |
| East Timor | - | 16 | 1:76,148 | 197 |
| Gambia | - | 16 | 1:120,412 | 458 |
| Iran | - | 16 | 1:4,906,054 | 19,171 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 16 | 1:11,113 | 1,461 |
| Belarus | 100% | 14 | 1:677,313 | 4,005 |
| Estonia | - | 14 | 1:93,956 | 4,008 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 14 | 1:3,905 | 670 |
| Oman | - | 14 | 1:293,476 | 3,954 |
| Macau | - | 13 | 1:46,785 | 540 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 12 | 1:4,094 | 700 |
| Algeria | - | 10 | 1:3,817,672 | 8,659 |
| Croatia | 100% | 10 | 1:421,708 | 5,130 |
| Greenland | - | 10 | 1:5,637 | 682 |
| Moldova | - | 9 | 1:395,682 | 2,704 |
| Myanmar | - | 9 | 1:5,772,030 | 1,432 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Turkey | 100% | 9 | 1:8,644,634 | 30,028 |
| Vanuatu | - | 9 | 1:29,088 | 709 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:3,906 | 755 |
| Bulgaria | - | 8 | 1:873,799 | 10,237 |
| Micronesia | - | 8 | 1:13,312 | 575 |
| Tunisia | - | 8 | 1:84,613 | 5,494 |
| Afghanistan | 50% | 7 | 1:4,660,502 | 27,414 |
| Brunei | 100% | 6 | 1:69,928 | 1,322 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 6 | 1:3,063,245 | 50,518 |
| Guinea | 100% | 6 | 1:1,976,441 | 4,482 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 6 | 1:409,793 | 5,154 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 5 | 1:2,651 | 523 |
| Benin | - | 5 | 1:2,115,169 | 40,564 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 5 | 1:3,254,666 | 31,163 |
| Cook Islands | - | 5 | 1:3,631 | 547 |
| Armenia | 100% | 4 | 1:729,688 | 7,125 |
| Central African Republic | - | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 698 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 4 | 1:1,188,244 | 607 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 4 | 1:4,436,711 | 24,678 |
| Mali | 100% | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Mauritius | - | 4 | 1:324,446 | 5,754 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 4 | 1:13,715 | 1,549 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Syria | - | 4 | 1:4,826,519 | 5,774 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 3 | 1:290,359 | 3,456 |
| Dominica | - | 3 | 1:25,157 | 718 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Georgia | - | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Nepal | - | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Serbia | - | 3 | 1:2,381,907 | 7,319 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 2 | 1:264,576 | 4,841 |
| Latvia | - | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 2 | 1:18,928 | 806 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 2 | 1:2,914 | 288 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Pitcairn Islands | - | 1 | 1:52 | 1 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| San Marino | 100% | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
The alternate forms: Bettý (12), Bétty (1) & Bètty (1) are calculated separately.
Betty (21,921) may also be a surname.
Betty Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A diminutive of, and in the 20th century often a substitute for, Elizabeth. Cf. Bess (q. v.), Beth, Betsy.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
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Sample size: 215,857 (2014)
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