Bettany

English

Etymology

Ultimately a patronymic surname derived from a variant of the personal name Bartholomew.

Proper noun

Bettany (plural Bettanys)

1. A surname transferred from the given name.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Bettany is the 9623^rd most common surname in England, belonging to 627 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bettany”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 151.