Bethania: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Bethania – Meaning: variant of Bethany; disputed place-name origin, traditionally glossed 'house of figs' – Origin: Hebrew/Aramaic via Greek (Spanish/Portuguese variant of Bethany) – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: beh-tah-NEE-ah


Bethania is a Hebrew/Aramaic via Greek (Spanish/Portuguese variant of Bethany) girl's name meaning “variant of Bethany; disputed place-name origin, traditionally glossed 'house of figs'”. It appears in our list of 125+ Beautiful Girl Names That Start with B.

Meaning & Origin of Bethania

Meaning: Variant of Bethany; disputed place-name origin, traditionally glossed 'house of figs'.

Origin: Hebrew/Aramaic via Greek (Spanish/Portuguese variant of Bethany).

A common claim: Bethania is said to mean 'house of figs' Actually: Bethania is a variant of Bethany, whose place-name origin is disputed. 'House of figs' is the traditional gloss, but some scholars trace it instead to an Aramaic phrase meaning 'house of affliction.'

Source: Wiktionary.

How to Pronounce Bethania

Phonetic: beh-tah-NEE-ah

Popularity of Bethania

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1969–2024.

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