BETH  

Gender: F
Origin: Diminutive of ELIZABETH
Meaning: "pledged to God"

The sweetest and most sensitive of the pet names for Elizabeth, now also one of the most dated.

Variations:
Bethah, Bethia, Betha

Beth is being discussed in our message boards:

• Poll: Once a Nickname... Always a Nickname???
• Popular names you just don't 'get'.
• Samantha?
• honoring an old fashioned name
• An Aversion To "Y"

Read Nameberry blog posts about Beth:

• ELIZABETH: The Name That Has Everything?
• THE SECRET CONFESSIONS OF A GIRL CALLED (gulp) BESSIE
• LITERARY SIB SETS--AS IN AMY, BETH, MEG & JO
• NEW ROUTES TO OLD NICKNAMES
• GIRLY BABY NAMES