Updated June 9, 2019

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Hebrew : House of mercy

Girl name variations

Bethany
Betheny
Bethesda

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Hebrew : House of God

Boy name variations

Bethuel

How Popular Is The Name Bethel

Family name origins & meanings

  • Welsh : Anglicized form of Welsh ab Ithel ‘son of Ithael’, a personal name meaning ‘bountiful lord’. Compare Idle.

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