Bethney
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BETH-nee
- Origin
- Aramaic
Bethney is a girls' name of Aramaic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Bethney mean?
Aramaic: variant of Bethany, a village near Jerusalem
Variant of Bethany, a village near Jerusalem where Lazarus, Martha and Mary lived, according to the Gospels.
Is Bethney a girl's or a boy's name?
Bethney is a girls' name.
How popular is Bethney in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 6 girls.
Bethney in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
Nicknames for Bethney
- Beth 20 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Bethney
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Charlotte, Zoe, Emma, Eleanor, Sarah, Hannah, Molly, Georgia, Francesca, Chloe, Emily, Lucy
Names related to Bethney
More Aramaic names
Thomas, Tommy, Martha, Barnaby, Barney, Tabitha, Tomas, Tadeo, Tom, Thaddeus, Tomos, Marta, Tommie, Tomi, Saphira, Tommaso
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bethney: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bethney, updated 20 October 2026.