From en.wiktionary.org:
[betty]
** English
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Proper noun
[en-proper noun]
1. [en] .
2. * [10]
3. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1991 | author=w:Peter Hedges | title=What's Eating Gilbert Grape | page=60 | publisher=Simon & Schuster | year_published=1999 | isbn=0671038540
|passage=But Mrs. BETTY Carver respects tradition, and this, I'm afraid, is
ours. - - - She smells like expensive soap and her teeth are shiny-white.
She does not in any way look like her name. It's not her fault that she was
born in a time when people believed in names like Wanda, Dottie and BETTY.
She's more of a Vanessa or Paulina.}}
**** Usage notes
- A popular given name in the early 20th century, often in the form Betty Lou .
**** Derived terms
- [en]
- [en]
**** Translations
[female name]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Maori: [mi]
- Norman: [nrf] [Jersey]
[trans-bottom]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A girl who hangs out with skateboarder s or surfer s.
*** Anagrams
- [en]
** Cebuano
*** Etymology
Borrowed from [ceb].
*** Proper noun
[ceb-proper noun]
1. [ceb]
** Danish
*** Proper noun
[da]
1. [da] borrowed from [da]
** Tagalog
*** Etymology
[tl].
*** Pronunciation
[tl-pr]
*** Proper noun
[b=beti]
1. [tl]