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Bettie (female)

Pet Name for:Elizabeth (F) Bet (F)
Can be spelt:Betty (F)
   
Source(s): FreeCEN 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire
Notes:

Scottish spelling variant of Betty, a pet name for Elizabeth [q.v.], from an ancient Hebrew name meaning "oath of God".

There were a significant number of occurrences of this spelling in the 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire. The spellings Bettey and Bety were also used; all should be found with a Soundex search.