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 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 1944), 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 (1922–2021), American actress, best known for Life with Elizabeth, The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Golden Girls
Betty Wright (1953–2020), American soul and R&B singer and songwriter
Betty (singer) (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, the 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 Burke, a character from Power Rangers Beast Morphers
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, the 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 (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.