Betty
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 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]
Notable people
Athletes
- Betty Cuthbert (1938–2017), Australian sprinter and Olympic champion
- Betty Jameson (1919–2009), American Hall-of-Fame golfer and one of the founders of the LPGA
- Betty McKilligan (born 1949), Canadian pairs figure skater
- Betty Nuthall (1911–1983), English tennis player
- Betty Pariso, American bodybuilder
- Betty Stöve (born 1945), Dutch tennis player
- Betty Ann Grubb Stuart (born 1950), American tennis player
- Betty Uber (1906–1983), English badminton and tennis player
Journalists and media personalities
- Betty Elizalde (1940–2018), Argentine journalist and broadcaster
- Betty van Garrel (1939–2020), Dutch journalist and writer
- Betty Kennedy (1926–2017), Canadian broadcaster, journalist and author
- Betty Nguyen (born 1974), American news anchor
Performing artists and fashion models
- Betty Arvaniti (born 1939), Greek actress
- Betty Boije (1822–1854), Finnish-Swedish contralto and composer
- Betty Boo (born 1970), stage name of English singer and songwriter Alison Moira Clarkson
- Betty Bronson (1906–1971), American actress
- Betty G, a stage name of an Ethiopian singer and songwriter Bruktawit Getahun
- Betty Buckley (born 1947), American actress
- Betty Burbridge (1895–1987), American actress
- Betty Carter (Lillie Mae Jones) (1929–1998), American jazz singer
- Betty Cody (1921–2014), Canadian-born American country music singer
- Bette Davis (1908–1989) American actress
- Bettie de Jong (born 1933), Dutch rehearsal director and dancer
- Betty Deland (1831–1882), Swedish actress
- Betty Driver (1920–2011), British actress and singer
- Betty Everett (1939–2001), American soul singer
- Betty Faria (born 1941), Brazilian actress
- Betty Garrett (1919-2011), American actress, comedian, singer and dancer
- Betty Grable (1916–1973), American actress, singer, dancer and pin-up girl
- Betty Harlafti, Greek mezzo-soprano and singer
- Betty Harris (born 1939), American soul singer
- Betty Hutton (1921–2007), American actress and singer
- Betty Kelly (born 1943), American singer, member of Martha and the Vandellas
- Betty Knox (Alice Elizabeth Peden) (1906–1963), part of Wilson, Keppel and Betty, a British music hall and vaudeville act
- Betty Kuuskemaa (1879–1966), Estonian actress
- Betty Moschona (1927–2006), Greek actress
- Bettie Page (1923–2008), American pin-up and fetish model
- Betty Stockfeld (1905–1966), Australian actress
- Betty White (born 1922), American actress, best known for The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Golden Girls
- Betty Wright (1953–2020), American soul and R&B singer and songwriter
- Betty (singer) (Elizabeth Danielyan) (born 2003), Armenian child singer
Politicians and activists
- Betty Apiafi (born 1962), Nigerian MP and educator
- Betty de Boer (born 1971), Dutch politician
- Betty Boothroyd (born 1929), British MP and former Speaker of the House of Commons
- Betty Friedan (1921–2006), American feminist and author of The Feminine Mystique
- Bettie Hewes (1924–2001), Canadian politician
- Betty Komp (born 1949), American politician
- Betty McCollum (born 1954), American politician
- Betty Shabazz (1934–1997), American educator and civil rights advocate, wife of Malcolm X
- Betty Williams (Nobel laureate) (born 1943), North Irish peace activist
- Betty Williams (politician) (born 1944), Welsh politician and MP
Visual artists
- Bettie Cilliers-Barnard (1914–2010), South African abstract artist
- Betty Curnow (1911–2005), New Zealand painter and printmaker
- Betty Muffler (born 1944), Aboriginal Australian artist and healer
- Betty Parsons (1900–1982), American artist, art dealer, and collector
People in other fields
- Madeleine Passot "Betty" (1914–2009), French Resistance agent
- Acid Betty (born 1977), American drag queen
- Betty Ang, Filipina businesswoman
- Betty Bentley Beaumont (1828–1892), British author, merchant
- Betty Ford (1918–2011), First Lady of the United States, wife of Gerald Ford
- Betty Jackson (born 1949), British fashion designer
- Betty Joseph (1917–2013), British psychoanalyst
- Betty Klimenko (born 1959), Australian businessperson and motorsport team owner
- Betty Linderoth (1822–1900), Swedish clockmaker
- Betty MacDonald (1908–1958), American author
- Betty Siegel (1931–2020), American author, and president of Kennesaw State University
- Betty (slave) (c. 1738–1795), one of Martha Washington's slaves
- Bettie, a black cook at the Battle of the Alamo - see List of Texian survivors of the Battle of the Alamo
- Lady Betty (Lady Elizabeth Hastings) (1682–1739), philanthropist
- Lady Betty (Elizabeth Sugrue) (c. 1740/1750–1807), Irish executioner
Fictional characters
- Betty, a character in the 1991 American comedy movie What About Bob?
- Betty (Naked Brothers Band), in the TV series The Naked Brothers Band
- Betty, title character of the comic strip Betty (1920–1943) by Charles A. Voight
- Betty, the title character of Yo soy Betty, la fea, a Colombian soap opera, basis for the US TV series Ugly Betty
- Betty, the antagonist of the comedy film Kung Pow! Enter the Fist (2002)
- Atomic Betty or 'Betty Barrett', Cartoon Network-Teletoon's first child superhero
- Boxcar Betty (Boxcar Bertha), a fictional hobo and Industrial Workers of the World organizer
- Brickhouse Betty, the title character from the animated cartoon series featured on Playboy TV and the Internet
- Betty Blue, the main character of the film Betty Blue
- Betty Boop, a Paramount Pictures cartoon character
- Betty Brant, a Marvel Comics supporting character
- Betty Childs-Skolnic, a character in the Revenge of the Nerds film series
- Betty Cooper, a comic book character published by Archie Comics
- Betty Draper, a character in the TV series Mad Men
- Betty Eagleton, a character in the British soap opera Emmerdale
- Betty Gordon, protagonist of a series of children's novels
- Betty Kane, now known as Bette Kane
- Betty Lou, a muppet character on Sesame Street
- Betty Rizzo, a character in the film Grease (1978), played by Stockard Channing
- Betty Ross, Bruce Banner's love interest in the Hulk comics
- Betty Rubble, a Flintstones character
- Betty Slug, the lead character in the Canadian comic strip Betty
- Betty Smith, a character in the TV series Littlest Pet Shop
- Betty Spencer, the wife of Frank Spencer in the British sitcom Some Mothers do 'ave 'em
- Betty Suarez, the title character and heroine of the TV series Ugly Betty
- Betty Williams (Coronation Street), in the British soap opera Coronation Street
References
- "Betty- Girl l Baby Names, Name Meanings". babycenter.com. BabyCenter LLC. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- "Bethia". Gutenberg.org.
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