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Meaning of the nameBetina

Betina is a feminine name, a variant of Bettina, a diminutive of Elisabeth, a name of Hebrew origin meaning 'oath of God'.

Meaning

“variant of Bettina, a diminutive of Elisabeth, which comes from Hebrew 'oath of God'”

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Elisabeth) · Wiktionary: Elizabeth

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People (2022)
14,535
Rank in Brazil
#1,317
Median age
6 years
2010 Census
5,250
people

Betina in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Betina, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022 (5,540 people).

14,462 women 73 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Betina is most common

States with the highest share of people named Betina in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.034%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.026%
  3. Espírito Santo 0.016%
  4. Paraná 0.011%
  5. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.009%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Rio Grande do Sul3,6650.034%
São Paulo2,8370.006%
Santa Catarina1,9600.026%
Rio de Janeiro1,2770.008%
Paraná1,2690.011%
Minas Gerais6660.003%
Espírito Santo6250.016%
Bahia3660.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul2600.009%
Goiás2570.004%
Pará2290.003%
Mato Grosso2080.006%
Distrito Federal1300.005%
Amazonas1160.003%
Pernambuco1090.001%
Maranhão950.001%
Ceará900.001%
Paraíba560.001%
Rio Grande do Norte520.002%
Sergipe490.002%
Piauí480.002%
Alagoas450.001%
Rondônia400.003%
Tocantins300.002%
Amapá280.004%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Betina

Behind the Name lists Betina as a Danish variant of Bettina, which is a diminutive of Elisabeth in German and Danish; in Italian, Bettina may also come from Benedetta. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) gives Elisabeth as coming from the Hebrew Elischeba, 'oath of God', and Wiktionary gives the Hebrew אלישבע, glossed 'my God is an oath'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 14,535 people named Betina, peaking among those born from 2020 to 2022. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Betina · behindthename.com · origin
  2. Behind the Name: Bettina · behindthename.com · origin
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Elisabeth) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: Elizabeth · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

Questions about the name Betina

What does the name Betina mean?

Betina means “variant of Bettina, a diminutive of Elisabeth, which comes from Hebrew 'oath of God'”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Betina in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 14,535 people with the first name Betina, which ranks it number 1,317 among the country's names. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022.

Is Betina a boy's or a girl's name?

Betina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 14,462 women and 73 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Betina?

Betina is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Betina most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.034% of the state's population is named Betina (3,665 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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