House of figs or house of affliction
A variant spelling of Bethany, a biblical place name. In the New Testament, Bethany was a village near Jerusalem where Lazarus and his sisters Mary and Martha lived. It is often interpreted as meaning 'house of figs' or 'house of affliction' in Hebrew.
Less common today
Bethanny isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #6,438 in 2011.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
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