Name Beth - meaning, origin, numerology

Beth may refer to:

• beth, a letter of the Hebrew alphabet
• Bēth, the ^2nd letter of the Syriac alphabet
• Beth (number)
• " Beth ", a song by the hard rock band Kiss
• Beth, Bet or Beit (בית), a Hebrew word meaning house found in:
  • Beït-Alfa, a kibbutz in the Jezreel Valley
  • Beth din, a religious court
  • Bethesda (בית חסדא), the house of grace,
  • Beït-Gan (בית גן), an agricultural municipality in the Lower Galilee
  • Beit Hanoun, Gaza, a town in the Gaza Strip
  • Beit-Horon (בית חורון), a small mountain range in Israel
  • Beit-Keshet (בית קשת), a kibbutz in lower Galilee
  • Bethlehem, the house of meat in Arabic, the house of bread in Hebrew,
  • Beth Mahanaim, a house in Jerusalem
  • Beth Navon Bey, a house in Jerusalem
  • Beth-El Synagogue,
  • Bethsaida, a city in the Galilee region of Israel
  • Beit Shean, one of the oldest cities in the East in Israel,
  • Beit-Shearim (בית שערים), an ancient city in lower Galilee
  • Bet Shemesh (בית שמש), a city in the Jerusalem District of Israel
  • Beth Sholom Synagogue,
  • Battle of Beth Zur, a battle that took place in 164 BC. J.-C.,
  • Beït-Yéhoshoua (בית יהושע), a moshav located on the Mediterranean coast,
  • Beit (album), an album by Masada

First name / diminutive of Elizabeth:

• Beth (born 1981), Spanish singer
• Beth Allen (born 1984), New Zealand actress
• Beth Brickell (born 1941), actress, director, producer
• Beth Broderick (born 1959), American actress and director
• Beth Gibbons (born 1965), English singer
• Beth Goddard (born 1969), British actress
• Beth Grant (born 1949), American actress and producer
• Beth Herr (born 1964), American tennis player
• Beth Mallard (born 1981), New Zealand rugby union player
• Beth Nielsen Chapman (born 1958), Country and Pop singer-songwriter
• Beth Norton (born 1957), American tennis player
• Beth Orton (born 1970), English singer-songwriter

Compound first name:

• Holly Beth Flanders (born 1957), American alpine skier
• Mary Beth Hurt (born 1946), American actress
• Mary Beth McDonough (born 1961), American actress, director, screenwriter and producer

Stage Name:

• Dominique Michalon, whose stage name is Beth Sheba, a French singer,
• Elizabeth Carolan, whose stage name is Beth Phoenix (born 1980), American wrestler

Surname:

• Emmanuel Beth, a French general
• Evert Willem Beth (1908–1964), Dutch philosopher and logician
• Wilhelm Beth (1855–1922), a pioneering German industry

Place Name:

• Beth, a hamlet in the Belgian municipality of Paliseul

Abbreviation:

• European Theological Libraries

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English: short form of Elizabeth, not used before the 19th century, when it became popular in America and elsewhere after publication of Louisa M. Alcott's novel Little Women (1868), in which Beth March is one of the four sisters who are the central characters.
Pet form: Welsh: Bethan (now also popular elsewhere in the English-speaking world).

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