WDYT of each name?

[the-good-ship.livejournal.com]

Used babynames.com to search for names beginning with "Beth".

Beth
Betha
Bethan
Bethania
Bethany
Bethari
Bethesda
Bethwyn

Comments

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

Beth - Love it, and would use it if I didn't think she'd keep getting asked what it was short for!
Betha - Don't like
Bethan - LOVE!
Bethania - Like the sound of it
Bethany - Like, but a bit boring, haha
Bethari - Don't like. Sounds too made up
Bethesda - Don't like
Bethwyn - Actually quite like

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

I only like Beth and Bethany. The rest look like they're trying too hard to be unique.

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

I'm actually a Bethany who goes by Beth. Bethany has grown on me over the years, but it seems really baby-ish to me and not at all professional or grown-up, and Beth seems really plain to me.

I've seen Bethan before, and I don't know how to pronounce it, but as a Bethany it looks really incomplete without the 'y'; similarly, with Betha, it looks like a typo. Bethari and Bethwyn look rather made up to me, and Bethesda makes me think of the city/town in Maryland outside of DC. Bethania is pretty cool; I'm pretty sure it's the Spanish form of Bethany, so I'd guess it would be pronounced beh-TAHN-ya.

[tokyo.livejournal.com]

Beth is the name that I go by. My first name is Terese, but I was named after someone so my parents have always just called me Beth (short for Elisabeth, my middle name). I get kind tired of having to explain myself so often, but I can deal with it because I haven't met many that share it! And it really is a fun name.

I like Beth as a first name, but the problem is finding a middle name that works with it. :)

[reclaimeddreams.livejournal.com]

I only really like Beth and Bethany. I think the others look like someone's either trying too hard to make up unique names, or they've forgotten a few letters on names.

[reclaimeddreams.livejournal.com]

Also - a common name, that I'm not sure I'm too terribly fond of - that Beth is often paired with...is Ann. Or Anne. Beth Ann or Beth Anne. I'm not so sure I'm partial to it.

[xravenessx.livejournal.com]

hey yea!! if you want to call her beth you can name her Elizabeth and it'll be easier to find a middle name.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I don't like any of them except Beth.

[yellowsummers.livejournal.com]

Heh, Bethesda is my town.

I don't like the letter B at all.

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

Bethesda is the name of a city here in Maryland, and it's not a flattering name for anybody.

Actually, Bethany is the only worthwhile name for a little girl from this list, and even then it's not one I find pretty. Sorry. :(

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I like Bethany.

[xravenessx.livejournal.com]

Beth-its okay, boring too me
Betha-eh
Bethan- Should be Beth Ann


I really dont like any of them except i LOVE Bethany. HATE Bethesda. Made me think of bethesda mission, i dont know if its a national thing but in my area that is a poor and homeless mission, shelter and soup kitchen.

[roseofjuly.livejournal.com]

Beth is a cute old-school name and I've always liked Bethany, although it means "poor".

But I don't like the rest of them.

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

Beth - I have a friend whose name is Beth. Not short for anything, just Beth. She hates being asked if she's actually Elizabeth or what, but I think it's lovely by itself.

Betha - Seems abbreviated.

Bethan - Same as above.

Bethania - Just seems odd to me.

Bethany - Very nice.

Bethari - I like the sound of it, but not the spelling.

Bethesda - Only the name of a city to me. I can't remember why I've heard the town in Maryland mentioned so much. I think it's used on "The X-Files" a lot," like maybe they're often at that hospital. Anyway, yeah. Doesn't work as a person's name to me.

Bethwyn - Interesting, but not my kinda name.