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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • French (Béthune) and Scottish (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Béthune in Pas-de-Calais, Picardy, France, recorded in the 8th century in the Latin form Bitunia, probably an adjective (with villa understood) derived from the oblique form of a Germanic personal name Betto, a hypocoristic formation. Compare Bettencourt, Beaton.

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