Bethel?

[sandybennie]

Wdyt?

Seriously cute . I can just imagine a bouncing baby with chubby cheeks being called it!

Never heard of it, seems very made up IYWSWIM

doesn't it mean little church or something?

it's a surname, not made up.

It's a Salvation Army chapel to me, I've not heard it used as a name.

Hebrew - House of God, apparently.

Thanks , I was wondering where it came from. I found it in a name book and liked it but there was no meaning or origin.

No, don't call a baby that.

Made me think of brothels for some reason. I wonder if their is a common root. If you like the sound, then Bethan/Bethany are I think nicer.

I'm not terribly fond of it but it's certainly not horrible.

Theres a line in friends - the one where ross gets his monkey. He gets it from his friend Bethel who rescued it from a research lab. Phoebe says "OMG why would you do what why? ... Why would you name a child bethel?"

Bethany is the same meaning and its a legit name.

Bethel-ehem?

Bethel is the name for the Jehovah's witnesses HQ.

Had a colleague with this surname - explained that it was a Jewish surname which had been around in this country for centuries.

It reminds me of Ethel, which reminds me of Eastenders sorry - Bethany is a cute name though

Bethan much better