Last name BETTENCOURT: origin and meaning

May 2024 · 1 minute read

Bettencourt : French (northern) and Portuguese (of French origin; mainly Azores): habitational name from any of various places in northern France so called with minor variations in spelling of which the main one is in Somme. They are named with the ancient Germanic personal name Betto an assimilated form of Berto (see Bert) + Old French court ‘farm(yard)’. This surname is now much more frequent in Portugal than in France; to Portugal it was brought in the 15th century. See also French Bethencourt and Spanish Betancourt.

Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press

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