Given name & surname
Bethea
“a maidservant of God”
Bethea is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “a maidservant of God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “a maidservant of God.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1923. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bethea through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7
- 0 boys · 7 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 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 7 in 1923. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 11,366 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.
Bethea’s family of names
Bethea has a related form in Bethia. Bethea has a related form in Betheah. Bethea has a related form in Bethiya.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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