The English and Scottish surname Betty is a patronymic or metronymic name, derived from the medieval personal name Bett, a short form of Bartholomew, Beatrice, or Elizabeth. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Terri Bette, which was dated circa 1154, in the "History of St. Bartholomew's Hospital", London. The name is first recorded in the New World in 1640 when John Bett is recorded in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Today there are approximately 1,600 bearers of the name Betty living in the United States.
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