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Betty or Bettie is a name, a common diminutive for the names Bethany and Elizabeth. [1] In Latin America, it is also a common diminutive for the given name Beatriz, the Spanish and Portuguese form of the Latin name Beatrix and the English name Beatrice. In the 17th and 18th centuries, it was more often a diminutive of Bethia. [2]
The name has many variants in use across the world and has been in consistent use worldwide. Elizabeth was the tenth most popular name given to baby girls in the United States in 2007 and has been among the 25 most popular names given to girls in the United States for the past 100 years. It is the only name that remained in the top ten US girls ...
The production of "Betty" was inspired by two of Bob Dylan's 1960s albums. The American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift conceived her eighth studio album, Folklore, while quarantining amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, with producers Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner of the National. [1] "Betty" is the only song on Folklore produced by both Antonoff ...
Mahtob Maryam Mahmoody (Persian: مهتاب محمودى; born September 4, 1979) [1] is an American author who wrote the autobiographical memoir My Name is Mahtob, [2] [3] which depicts her perspective of her family's story when she and her mother, Betty Mahmoody, were held captive by her father, Sayyed Bozorg Mahmoody, in his country of birth, Iran, for a period of 18 months during the mid ...
Betty Marion White was born in Oak Park, Illinois, on January 17, 1922. [11] She later clarified that "Betty" was her legal name and not a shortened version of "Elizabeth" as some people had assumed. [12] [13] She was the only child of housewife Christine Tess (née Cachikis) and lighting company executive Horace Logan White.
This name has various interpreted meanings and origins. In Italian, Bettina originated as a diminutive of the names Elisabetta and Benedetta . Benedetta is the Italian feminine form of Benedict , meaning "Blessed," while Elisabetta is the Italian form of Elizabeth , which itself comes from the Hebrew name Elisheva or Elisheba, meaning "my God ...
Bethany (Greek: Βηθανία (Bethania), which is probably of Aramaic or Hebrew origin, meaning “House of figs" is a feminine given name derived from the Biblical place name, Bethany, a town near Jerusalem, at the foot of the Mount of Olives, where Lazarus lived in the New Testament, along with his sisters, Mary and Martha, [1] and where Jesus stayed during Holy Week before his crucifixion.
Gertrude (also spelled Gertrud) is a feminine given name which is derived from Germanic roots that meant "spear" and "strength". "Trudy", originally a diminutive of "Gertrude," has developed into a name in its own right. In German-speaking countries, Gertraud (pronounced Ger-trowt) is a familiar variation of the name.