Bethia

BETH-ee-uh

A biblical name meaning “daughter of Jehovah,” also used historically as a form of Elizabeth.

Meaning

The name is identified in the excerpts as the Scripture name Bithiah/Bethia, from bath-Yah, meaning “daughter of Jehovah.” The books also note Bethia as a historical English form tied to Elizabeth in some records and Puritan-era usage. So the name carries both a direct biblical meaning and a later English naming history.

Origin

Fun fact

One source notes Bethia appearing in parish and chapel records in the 1700s, especially during the period when Latinized name forms were fashionable.

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Confidence: mixed. Sources: History of Christian Names, Praenomina; or, the etymology of the principal Christian names of Great Britain and Ireland, Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature.

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