Given name & surname
Bethe
“my God is bountiful”
Bethe is a variant of Beth. In English use, Beth carries the interpretation “my God is bountiful.”
Original GermanBett
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bethe is a variant of Beth. In English use, Beth carries the interpretation “my God is bountiful.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bethe through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 34
- 0 boys · 34 girls
- Most popular year
- 1953
- 7 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 girls is 5 in 1966. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 122 as a first name in 2020; 166 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.
Bethe’s family of names
Bethe has a related form in Beth. In German usage, Bethe as a surname has a related form in BETHMANN. In German usage, Bethe as a surname has a related form in BETT.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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