The bettis Surname
bettis Name Meaning and History
English: variant of Betts, or possibly a topographic name
meaning ‘(dweller) by the hollows’, from Old English bytt
‘butt’, ‘cask’, used in a transferred sense.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Bettis''s in Iowa | lisa lairmore | 15 |
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| Matthew Bettis of North Carolina | Ezra Bettis | 17 |
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