Name meaning & stats
Bettye
Bettye means “my God is an oath”. 10,568 US babies since 1940, peak 1942.
What it means
“my God is an oath”
Spelling of Betty
A short form of Elizabeth.
In US birth records
Peak year: 1942
10,568 US babies were named Bettye between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Bettye (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 36 Bettys spell it Bettye
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1942)