Given name & surname
Beattie
“one who brings joy”
Beattie is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “one who brings joy.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “one who brings joy.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Beattie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1917. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,647 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Beattie’s family of names
Beattie has a related form in Beatea. Beattie has a related form in Beatee. Beattie has a related form in Beatey.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Beddievariant · English
- Beattyvariant
- Beateavariant
- Beateevariant
- Beatievariant
- Beativariant
- Beateyvariant
- Beatyvariant
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People named Beattie
- Beattie RamsayCanadian ice hockey player1895–1952
- Beattie EdmondsonEnglish actressborn 1987
- Beattie PodulskyCanadian lugerborn 2005
- Beattie GoadAustralian association football playerborn 1997
- Beattie FeathersAmerican college football coach, college baseball coach (1909-1979)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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