Betty

Diminutive of Elizabeth, Hebrew

"pledged to God"

Betty Origin and Meaning

The name Betty is a girl's name of Hebrew, English 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.'

Betty Rank in US Top 1000

# 921 in the US

Betty Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 808 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Betty

• 808 Nameberry 2025
• 8 Unique 2024
• 960 Future 2028
• 361 England 2024
• 498 Germany 2016

20 Names Similar to Betty

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Betty.

• Polly
• Minnie
• Peggy
• Betsy
• Dottie
• Bonnie
• Sally
• Dorothy
• Nellie
• Penny
• Jean
• Ruth
• Lois
• Martha
• Dolly
• Nancy
• Virginia
• Wendy
• Greta
• Bea

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

The name 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