Betty

Diminutive of Elizabeth
"pledged to God"

Betty Origin and Meaning

The name Betty is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "pledged to God".

Combine the popularity of Betty White and Mad Men's glamorous Betty Draper Francis, with the residual sweetness of Ugly Betty's Betty Suarez, and the result is an impending return of the name. It's got presidential cred via Betty Ford and feminist history through Betty Friedan.

Betty's image is still very World War II, when Betty Grable was a hot pin-up girl and Betty was the all-American girls' name blanketing the country, second only to Mary from 1928 to 1934.

So yes, Betty has been out for so long now that we are starting to imagine a new generation of adorable baby Bettys. We may be on the precipice of a Betty wave, thanks to Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, who recently chose it for their third daughter.

Bette Davis pronounced her name 'Betty,' while Bette Midler is 'Bet.'

# 921 in the US

Betty Rank in US Top 1000

# 474 on Nameberry

Betty Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Betty Popularity

Famous People Named Betty

  • Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Ford
    First Lady of the U.S. as wife of President Gerald Ford
  • Betty Marion White
    American actress and comedian
  • Elizabeth Ruth "Betty" Grable
    American actress
  • Elizabeth "Betty" Cuthbert
    Australian Olympic runner
  • Betty Mae Page
    birth name of model Bettie Page
  • Elisabeth Lillian "Betty" (Wehner) Smith
    American novelist
  • Elizabeth "Betty" Parris
    accuser in the 1692 Salem witch trials
  • Betty Friedan (born Bettye Naomi Goldstein)
    American feminist author
  • Betty X (born Zoe Pierce
    Gibson), American musician, artist, and activist
  • Betty Louise McCollum
    U.S. Congresswoman from Minnesota
  • Betty Boo
    stage name of Alison Moira Clarkson, English pop singer
  • Betty Who
    stage name of Jessica Anne Newham, Australian singer
  • Betty Lynn Buckley
    American actress
  • Betty Harris
    American soul singer
  • Elizabeth June "Betty" Hutton
    American actress
  • Betty Shabazz (born Betty Dean Sanders)
    American educator and civil rights activist; wife of Malcolm X
  • Hedvig Kristina Elisabeth "Betty" Deland
    Swedish actress
  • Elizabeth Mary "Betty" Driver
    English actress
  • Betty Margaret Hannah Kennedy
    Canadian author and senator
  • Betty Flippina Stöve
    Dutch tennis player
  • Betty Williams
    Northern Irish winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
  • Betty Moschona
    Greek actress
  • Betty Jackson
    English fashion designer
  • Betty Lou Gerson
    American actress
  • Betty Lou Bredemus
    American actress; mother of actress Julia Roberts
  • Betty Lou Holland
    American actress
  • Betty Lou Keim
    American actress
  • Elizabeth Folan "Betty" Gilpin
    American actress
  • Baciliky Andris "Betty" Cantrell
    Miss America 2016
  • Betty Lin
    Fisher, 5th wife of singer Eddie Fisher
  • Betty Cornell
    American 1950s model who wrote a "Teen,age Popularity Guide"
  • Betty Everett
    American singer
  • Betty Ann Bobbitt
    Australian actress
  • Betty Boogie Parker
    American voice actress; daughter of "South Park" creator Trey Parker
  • Betty Reynolds (b. 2019)
    daughter of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds

Betty in Pop Culture

  • Betty Crocker
    food brand and its mascot
  • Betty Boop
    animated character
  • Elizabeth "Betty" Draper
    character on TV's "Mad Men"
  • Beatriz "Ugly" Betty Suarez
    title character on TV's "Ugly Betty"
  • Elizabeth "Betty" Cooper
    blonde good girl in Archie comics and TV's Riverdale
  • Elizabeth "Betty" Ross
    character in The Hulk series
  • Betty Rizzo
    character in musical "Grease"
  • Betty Rubble
    character on animated series "The Flintstones"
  • "Betty Blue
    " 1986 French movie and its main character
  • "Atomic Betty
    " animated series and its main character
  • Betty
    character on TV's "The Naked Brothers Band"
  • Betty Eagleton
    character on British soap opera "Emmerdale'
  • Betty Slug
    main character in Canadian comic strip "Betty"by Gary Delainey and Gerry Rasmussen
  • Betty Spaghetty
    bendable rubber doll
  • Betty Spencer
    character on British sitcom "Some Mothers do 'ave 'em"
  • Betty Williams
    character on British soap opera "Coronation Street"
  • "Brickhouse Betty
    " web series and its main character
  • Betty Quinlan
    minor character in animated series "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron"
  • Betty Newbie
    character in The Sims video games
  • Betty Bot
    character in The Sims video games
  • "Betty
    " retro expression for an attractive girl
  • Brown betty
    fruit dessert
  • Betty de Famme
    character in the video game "Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice"
  • “Betty
    ” song by Taylor Swift