60%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage English Scripts בֵּית־אֵל(Ancient Hebrew) Pronounced Pron. /ˈbɛθ.əl/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From an Old Testament place name meaning "house of God" in Hebrew. This was a town north of Jerusalem, where Jacob saw his vision of the stairway. It is occasionally used as a given name. Related Names RootBethel (place name) PopularityDetails Last ranked #989 in 1940 (f) #744 in 1898 (m) United States People think this name isRate·Details classic mature formal upper class natural wholesome strange serious Categories biblical places, colleges or universities, currently out of the US top 1000, place names, structures, theophoric names, towns