Beatty
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English
Etymology
Two main origins:
- From a pet form of the personal name Bartholomew.
- Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac an Bhiadhtaigh (“son of the victualer”), from biadhtach (“victualer, hospitaller”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbi.ɾi/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbi.ti/
Proper noun
Beatty (countable and uncountable, plural Beattys)
- A surname.
- David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, British admiral in the First World War
- A census-designated place in Nye County, Nevada, United States.
- A census-designated place in Klamath County, Oregon, United States.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Beatty is the 1389th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 25510 individuals. Beatty is most common among White (80.19%) and Black/African American (14.26%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Beatty”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 120.