Betty

Betty or Bettie is a feminine given name. It is commonly a diminutive for the names Bethany and Elizabeth. In Latin America, it is also a common diminutive for the given name Beatriz, the Spanish and Portuguese form of the Latin name Beatrix and the English name Beatrice. In the 17th and 18th centuries, it was more often a diminutive of Bethia.

==People== ===Athletes=== Betty Batt (1916–2003), British tennis player Betty Bays (1931–1992), American baseball player Betty Belton (1916–1989), English cricketer Betty Birch (1923–2016), English cricketer Betty Bonifay, American water skier Betty Boucher (born 1943), American retired professional wrestler Betty Bourquin, Swiss female curler and coach Betty Brey (1931–2015), American swimmer Betty Brosmer (born 1929), American former bodybuilder and physical fitness expert Betty Brussel (born 1924), Canadian swimmer Betty Burfeindt (born 1945), American golfer Betty Burua (born 1986), Papua New Guinean track athlete Betty Callaway (1928–2011), English figure skating coach Betty Carnegy-Arbuthnott (1906–1985), British fencer Betty Carveth (1925–2019), Canadian baseball player Betty Chepkemoi (born 2000), Kenyan long-distance runner Betty Chepkwony (born 1995), Kenyan long-distance runner Betty Constable (1924–2008), American squash player Betty Jane Cornett (1932–2006), infielder and pitcher Betty Couper, British tennis player Betty Cuthbert (1938–2017), Australian sprinter and Olympic champion Betty Degner, American baseball player Betty Dodd (1931–1993), American professional golfer Betty Duguid (1932–2017), Canadian-American curler Betty Forbes (1916–2002), New Zealand high jumper Betty Forsyth (1945–2021), Scottish bowls player Betty Foss (1929–1998), American baseball player Betty Foulk, American sailor Betty Francis (1931–2016), American baseball outfielder Betty Jane Fritz (1924–1994), baseball player Betty Jo Geiger (born 1961), American long-distance runner Betty Glassey, Papua New Guinean international lawn bowler Betty Gowans, Canadian canoeist Betty Gray (1920–2018), Welsh table tennis player Betty Evans Grayson (1925–July 9, 1979), American softball pitcher Betty Grimes (1899–1976), American diver Betty Sue Hagerman, American tennis coach Betty Haig (1905–1987), British racing driver Betty Jo Hawkins (1930–1987), American professional wrestler Betty Heidler (born 1983), German hammer thrower Betty Henry (1922–1944), American table tennis player Betty Herbertson, Australian lawn bowler Betty Heukels (born 1942), Dutch swimmer Betty Hicks (1920–2011), American professional golfer Betty Hilton (1920–2017), British tennis player Betty Holstein, Australian tennis player Betty Jameson (1919–2009), American Hall-of-Fame golfer and one of the founders of the LPGA Betty Jaynes (1945–2014), American basketball coach Betty Jouanny (born 1992), French ice hockey player Betty Judge (1921–2015), Australian athletics coach Betty Ann Kennedy (1930–2016), American bridge player Betty Kernot (1910–1984), Australian golfer Betty Kizza (born 1996), Ugandan netball player Betty Kozai (1928–2021), American curler Betty Kretschmer (born 1928), Chilean sprinter Betty Law (1928–2001), Scottish curler Betty Lempus (born 1991), Kenyan long-distance runner Betty Lennox (born 1976), American basketball player Betty Lindberg (born 1924), American track and field athlete Betty Lise (born 1972), French triple jumper Betty Lock (1921–1986), British athlete Betty Lombard (1920–1984), Irish tennis player Betty Luna (1927–2004), baseball player Betty Maker (1925–2004), New Zealand cricketer Betty McCracken, Canadian curler Betty McDonald (born 1950), Australian cricketer Betty McKenna (1931–1992), American baseball player Betty McKilligan (born 1949), Canadian pairs figure skater Betty McKinnon (1925–1981), Australian sprinter Betty McNamara, New Zealand netball player Betty Moczynski (1926–2017), American baseball player Betty Molteni (born 1962), Italian middle-distance runner Betty Moore (diver) (born 1929), New Zealand diver Betty R. Moore (born 1934), Australian athlete Betty Morgan (born 1942), Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler Betty Morris (born 1948), American bowler Betty Niccoli (born 1943), American professional wrestler Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen (born 1986), Norwegian orienteer Betty Noël (born 1988), French-born Luxembourgish footballer Betty Nuthall (1911–1983), English tennis player Betty Okino (born 1975), American gymnast Betty Olssen, Fijian international lawn bowler Betty Pariso (born 1956), American bodybuilder Betty Petryna (1930–2020), American baseball player Betty Plant (1920–2002), New Zealand netball player Betty Rosenquest Pratt (1925–2016), American tennis player Betty Robinson (1911–1999), American athletics competitor Betty Russell (1924–1985), American baseball player Betty Rusynyk (1924–2013), American baseball player Betty Sain (born 1942), US horse trainer and breeder Betty Shellenberger (1921–2019), American field hockey player Betty Sinclair (1933–2009), New Zealand cricketer Betty Slade (1921–2000), British diver Betty Snowball (1908–1988), English cricketer and sportsperson Betty Stanhope-Cole (1937–2017), Canadian golfer Betty Steffensen (born 1936), New Zealand netball player Betty Stöve (born 1945), Dutch tennis player Betty Ann Grubb Stuart (born 1950), American tennis player Betty Stubbings, English bowls player Betty Sugrue, Irish camogie player Betty Sworowski (born 1961), British race-walker Betty Tancock (1911–2009), Canadian swimmer Betty Taylor (1916–1977), Canadian hurdle racer Betty Thorner (born 1938), New Zealand cricketer Betty Trezza (1925–2007), American baseball player Betty Tucker (1924–2012), American baseball player Betty Uber (1906–1983), English badminton and tennis player Betty Viana-Adkins (born 1971), Venezuelan bodybuilder Betty Wagoner (1930–2006), American baseball player Betty Wanless (1928–1995), baseball player Betty Warfel (1928–1990), baseball player Betty Weir (1924–2020), American alpine skier Betty Whiting (1925–1967), baseball player Betty Wilson (1921–2010), Australian cricketer Betty Yahr (1923–2010), American baseball player