Betts

This article is about the surname. For other uses, see Betts (disambiguation).

Betts

Origin
Language	English
Meaning	son of Bett (possibly short for Bartholemew, Beatrice or Elizabeth)
Other names
Variant form	Bett Bettis
See also	Betz

Betts is an English patronymic surname, deriving from the medieval personal name Bett, a short form of Bartholomew, Beatrice, or Elizabeth. It is also the americanized spelling of German Betz.

Surname

• Abigail Betts (1800–1866), British singer
• Adam Betts (fl. 2007–2024), musician in the band Three Trapped Tigers
• Albert Betts (1888–1924), British gymnast
• Alejandro Betts (1947–2020), Argentine air-traffic controller
• Alexander Betts (political scientist) (born 1980), British political scientist
• Alison Betts (PhD 1986), Scottish archaeologist and academic
• Andrew Betts (born 1977), British basketball player
• Anna Whelan Betts (1873–1959), American illustrator
• Annie Betts (1884–1961), British apiculturist
• Arnie F. Betts (1909–1993), American newspaper editor and politician from Wisconsin
• Arthur Betts (cricketer) (1880–1948), Australian cricketer
• Arthur Betts (footballer, born 1886) (1886–1967), English footballer
• Arthur Betts (footballer, born 1917) (1917–1978), English footballer
• Azor Betts (1740–1809), American physician
• Barrie Betts (1932–2018), British footballer
• Ben Betts (basketball) (born 1968), American basketball coach
• Ben Betts (rugby union) (born 1996), Irish rugby union footballer
• Bert A. Betts (1923–2014), American politician from California
• Beverly R. Betts (1827–1899), American university librarian
• Billy Betts (1864–1941), English footballer
• Blair Betts (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player
• Charles Betts (born 1986), American wrestler better known as Chad Gable
• Charles M. Betts (1838–1905), American Medal of Honor recipient and Pennsylvania State Representative
• Clive Betts (born 1950), British politician
• Connor Stephen Betts, (c. 1995–2019), American mass murderer, perpetrator of the 2019 Dayton shooting
• Craven Langstroth Betts (1853–1941), Canadian poet and author
• Daisy Betts (born 1982), Australian actress
• Daniel Betts (born 1971), British actor
• Daniel Betts Jr. (1699–1783), American politician
• Darby W. Betts (1912–1998), American Episcopal priest
• Denis Betts (born 1969), English rugby league player and coach
• Dickey Betts (1943–2024), American guitarist, singer and songwriter
• Donald Betts (born 1978), American politician from Kansas
• Doris Betts (1932–2012), American writer
• Duane Betts (born 1978), American guitarist and singer-songwriter
• Eddie Betts (born 1986), Australian rules footballer
• Edward Betts (1815–1872), English railway contractor
• Edward H. Betts (1920–2008), American painter
• Eric Betts (1897–1971), Irish air officer
• Eric Betts (footballer) (1925–1990), English soccer player
• Ernest Beoku-Betts (1895–1957), Sierra Leonean lawyer and politician
• Ethel Franklin Betts (1877–1959), American illustrator
• Francis Betts (1844–1893), New Zealand cricketer
• Frederick Betts (1859–1944), British landowner, donated part of Betts Park in Bromley, London
• Frederick Cronyn Betts (1896–1938), Canadian politician
• Frederick E. Betts (1870–1942), Canadian ice hockey administrator and businessman
• Frederick Nicholson Betts (1906–1973), British Indian Army officer, planter and ornithologist
• George Betts (cricketer, born 1808) (1808–1861), played for Gentlemen and Kent
• George Betts (cricketer, born 1843) (1843–1902), played for Yorkshire
• Gerald Betts (born 1954), Australian rules footballer
• Gilbert Betts (1916–1982), English cricketer
• Gino Betts (fl. from 2006), American attorney and administrator
• Gregory Betts (born 1975), Canadian poet, editor and academic
• Harry Betts (1922–2012), American jazz trombonist and composer
• Harry Betts (baseball) (1881–1946), American baseball pitcher
• Huck Betts (1897–1987), American baseball pitcher
• Jack Betts (1929–2025), American actor
• Jack Betts (journalist), American journalist and columnist
• Jackson Edward Betts (1904–1993), American politician from Ohio
• James Anthony Betts (1897–1980), British artist and academic
• Jean Betts (fl. from 1970), New Zealand playwright
• Jeff Betts (born 1970), American indoor soccer player and coach
• Jim Betts (American football) (born 1949), American football player
• Jim Betts (politician) (born c. 1932), American politician
• Joe Betts-LaCroix (born 1962), American biophysicist and entrepreneur
• John Betts Jr. (1692–1767), American colonial politician from Connecticut
• John Betts (Canadian politician) (born 1949), member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
• John Betts (Connecticut politician) (1650–1730), American colonial politician
• John Betts (physician) (c.1623–1695), English physician
• John Betts (surgeon and philanthropist) (1799–1875), English medical man
• John Edward Betts (1755–1832), English luthier
• John Felton Betts (1854–1914), merchant and political figure in the Northwest Territories, Canada
• Jonathan Betts (born 1955), British horological scholar
• Jonathan Betts-LaCroix, American business executive
• José Ángel Ramos Betts (2008–2020), Mexican school shooter who committed the Colegio Cervantes shooting
• Joseph Betts (c.1718–c.1766), English mathematician
• Josh Betts (born 1982), American football player
• Kate Betts (born 1964), American fashion journalist
• Katharine Betts (fl. since 1976), Australian sociologist
• Keter Betts (1928–2005), American jazz double bassist
• Kevin Betts (1926–1990), Australian sports administrator
• Kim Betts (born 1971), British gymnast and TV presenter
• Ladell Betts (born 1979), American football player
• Lauren Betts (born 2003), American basketball player
• Lawrence Betts (1904–1984), South African sprinter
• Leah Sarah Betts (1977–1995), English ecstasy-related death
• Lorne Betts (1918–1985), Canadian composer and organist
• Louis Betts (1873–1961), American portrait painter
• Maggie Betts (fl. since 2010), American filmmaker
• Mahlon Betts (1795–1867), American carpenter, shipwright, businessman and banker
• Mathieu Betts (born 1995), Canadian-American football player
• Melvyn Betts (born 1975), English cricketer
• Mike Betts (born 1956), English footballer
• Mookie Betts (born 1992), American baseball player
• Morton Betts (1847–1914), English sportsman
• Naomi Betts (born 1982), American criminal
• Neil Betts (1926–2017), Australian rugby union footballer
• Nelle Marion Betts (1887–1915), Australian cartoonist and illustrator
• Nigel Betts (fl. from 2003), British actor
• Norman Betts (born 1954), Canadian politician and academic
• Peter Betts (fl. since 1963), American figure skater
• Peter Betts (civil servant) (1959–2023), British climate negotiator
• Reginald Dwayne Betts (born c. 1980), American poet
• Richard Betts (priest), Anglican priest of the 17th century
• Richard A. Betts, British climate scientist
• Richard K. Betts (born 1947), American political scientist and international relations scholar
• Robert Betts (born 1981), English football player
• Roland W. Betts (born 1946), American businessman
• Rose Betts (fl. from 2011), English singer-songwriter
• Sally Betts (fl. from 1969), Australian politician
• Samantha Betts (born 1996), Australian cricketer
• Samuel Betts (Connecticut politician) (1660–1733), American politician from Connecticut
• Samuel Betts (1786–1868), American politician and judge from New York
• Selwyn Betts (1879–1938), Australian lawyer and judge
• Sienna Betts (born 2006), American basketball player
• Simon Betts (born 1973), English footballer
• Stanley Betts (1912–2003), British Anglican priest, became Bishop of Maidstone
• Stephen Betts (fl. since 1980), British musician
• Steven Betts (born 1964), British Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Norfolk
• Susan Betts (fl. since 1995), Australian artist and illustrator
• Sylvia Cummins Betts (1909–1969), American film editor
• Tara Betts (fl. from 1999), American poet
• Terry Betts (born 1943), British motorcycle speedway rider
• Thaddeus Betts (1789–1840), American politician from Connecticut
• Thaddeus Betts (physician) (1724–1807), American physician and politician from Connecticut
• Thomas Betts (1650–1717), American colonial politician from Connecticut
• Todd Betts (born 1973), Canadian baseball player
• Tony Betts (born 1953), English footballer
• Torben Betts (born 1968), English playwright and screenwriter
• Whit Betts (born 1950), American politician from Connecticut
• William Betts (MP) (died 1738), English politician
• William Betts (chaplain) (died 1535), English priest, supporter of Anne Boleyn
• William Betts (umpire) (1865–1936), American baseball umpire
• William Vallance Betts (1862–1933), British architect
• Winifred Betts (1894–1971), New Zealand botanist

See also

• Bett (surname)
• Betz (surname)