Meaning & Etymology
English, Biblical
From the name of a biblical town, possibly derived from Hebrew בֵּית־תְּאֵנָה (beit-te'enah) meaning "house of figs". In the New Testament the town of Bethany was the home of Lazarus and his sisters Mary and Martha. It has been in use as a rare given name in the English-speaking world since the 19th century, used primarily by Catholics in honour of Mary of Bethany. In America it became moderately common after the 1950s.
/BETH-ə-nee (English)/
EtymologyFrom Ancient Greek Βηθανία.
Popularity in the US
♀ Girls
Peak#87 in 1987 (3,294 births)
Recent#752 in 2025
Trend↓ Fading
♂ Boys
Peak#3632 in 1989 (15 births)
Recent#8220 in 2004
Trend↓ Fading
Destiny 3 — The Communicator
3
The Communicator
Jupiter · Fire · The Creator
CreativeExpressiveOptimisticSociableCharmingPlayful
Life Path 3 is governed by Jupiter — the largest and most expansive planet in the solar system — and its energy reflects exactly that: a big, warm, generous, enthusiastic frequency that fills every room it enters. Jupiter rules abundance, wisdom, joy, creativity, and the expansion of consciousness, and the 3 embodies all of these qualities in their most immediate, human form. The vibration of 3 is the energy of creative self-expression: the joy of making something, sharing it, and having it received. Life Path 3s are the storytellers, the artists, the comedians, and the communicators of the numerological spectrum — their gift is the ability to translate the complexity of the inner life into forms that others can understand and feel.
Famous People with Destiny 3
MC
Marie Curie
Nobel Prize-winning physicist and chemist
Scientist
NB
Niels Bohr
Physicist who contributed to atomic structure
Scientist
LM
Lise Meitner
Physicist, co-discovered nuclear fission
Scientist
MB
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Renaissance sculptor and painter
Artist
RV
Rembrandt van Rijn
Dutch Golden Age master painter
Artist
BD
Bob Dylan
Singer-songwriter and Nobel Literature laureate
Musician
LA
Louis Armstrong
Jazz trumpeter and vocalist
Musician
AF
Aretha Franklin
Queen of Soul
Musician