Bethesda Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

About Bethesda

Unlike other place names, this one might be tied too tightly to a single locale -- the Maryland suburb of D. C. -- to work as a first name.

Pronounced buh-THEZ-duh.

As of October 2026, Bethesda ranked #15559 in US births in 2023 SSA.

Editor's take: The name Bethesda is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "house of mercy".

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