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Variants of Bethany include Betana (Spanish), Bethane (English), Bethania (Spanish), Bethia (English), and Bethney (English). The short form Beth (English), and the spelling variants Bethahnya (Spanish), Bethanee (English), Bethaney (English), Bethani (English), Bethanie (English), Bethanney (English), Bethenie (English), and Betheny (English) are other forms of the name. Bethany is a popular baby girl name. The name's popularity increased from the 1940s up to the 1980s; before that, it was of only irregular use. Its usage peaked modestly in 1987 with 0.176% of baby girls being named Bethany. It was #87 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a decline in popularity since then. In 2007, it ranked at #292 with a usage of 0.055%, but it was nevertheless the most popular among all girl names in its family. Baby names that sound like Bethany include Bethanie (English), Betheny (English), Betana (Spanish), Bethanee (English), Bethaney (English), Bethani (English), Bethenie (English), Betina (German and Italian), Bettina (Italian and German), Bohdana (Czech), Bohdanna (Ukrainian), Badane (Yiddish), Beduna (Czech), Beth Ann (English), Bethahnya (Spanish), Bethan (Welsh and English), Bethane (English), Bethania (Spanish), Bethanney (English), Bethney (English), BethAnn (English), and BethAnne (English). KEY: Pronunciation for Bethany: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; TH as in "theta (TH.EY.T.AH)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"
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