Bethania
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- beh-TAH-nee-ah
- Origin
- Hebrew
Bethania is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “house of figs”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Bethania mean?
Hebrew: Spanish and Portuguese form of Bethany
“house of figs”
From Bethany, the village near Jerusalem where, in the Gospels, Jesus raised Lazarus.
Is Bethania a girl's or a boy's name?
Bethania is a girls' name.
How popular is Bethania in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1969.
Half of all the girls named Bethania in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bethania in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
Nicknames for Bethania
- Beth 20 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Bethania
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Isabella Elianna Emilia Briella Galilea Amelia Eliana Ariella Seraphina Eliora Arabella Alivia
Names related to Bethania
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bethania: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bethania, updated 20 October 2026.