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[Facts] What does this name mean?
What does Bethan mean? It's very popular in Wales, but I can never find anything about it!
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It's a pet from of Elizabeth. I guess -an is a popular nickname ending in Wales (like Megan is a pet form of Margaret). Elizabeth is from the Hebrew meaning "God is my oath."
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Bethan is indeed Welsh. It means "Consecrated to God" according to the extremely macabre site: http://www.geocities.com/misclaneous/names.htm
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"...according to the extremely macabre site: http://www.geocities.com/misclaneous/names.htm "I think I saw alternate spellings of "Cheli" there! Woo-hoo!-- Nanaea
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