Bethzaida
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- bet-sah-EE-dah
- Origin
- Aramaic
Bethzaida is a girls' name of Aramaic origin, meaning “house of fishing”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Bethzaida mean?
Aramaic: Spanish-style spelling of Bethsaida, Aramaic 'house of fishing'
“house of fishing”
Variant of Bethsaida, a fishing town on the Sea of Galilee, home of the apostles Peter, Andrew and Philip.
Is Bethzaida a girl's or a boy's name?
Bethzaida is a girls' name.
How popular is Bethzaida in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1957.
Half of all the girls named Bethzaida in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bethzaida in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
Names like Bethzaida
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Bethzaida: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bethzaida, updated 20 October 2026.