Given name
Bethanie
“house of figs”·“from the house of figs”
Bethanie is a variant of Bethany. Interpretations include “house of figs” and “from the house of figs” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bethanie is a variant of Bethany. Interpretations include “house of figs” and “from the house of figs” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Bethanie is a variant of Bethany. An origin associated with Bethany is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1950. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bethanie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,733
- 0 boys · 3,733 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 131 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,102 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −53%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,102 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 131 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,199 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bethanie’s family of names
Bethanie has a related form in Bethany.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Bethanie
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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