Betty

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Betty or Bettie is a name, a common diminutive for the names Bethany and Elizabeth.{{cite web|title=Betty- Girl l Baby Names, Name Meanings|url=http://www.babycenter.com/baby-names-betty-16185.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210145745/http://www.babycenter.com/baby-names-betty-16185.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=December 10, 2008|website=babycenter.com|publisher=BabyCenter LLC|accessdate=18 August 2012}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39284/39284-h/39284-h.htm|website=Gutenberg.org|title=Bethia}}

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  • Betty, the spaceship in Aliens movie
  • BETTY, an alt-rock band from New York City.

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