Beth

The word Beth may refer to:

Letter

• Beth (letter), the second letter in many Semitic alphabets, including Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, Aramaic, and Phoenician
  • Beth numbers, a sequence of infinite cardinal numbers named for the Hebrew letter
  • The Hebrew word for "house", often used in the name of synagogues and schools (e.g. Beth Israel)

Given name

Beth is a popular female name in English; it is usually a nickname for:

• Elizabeth (given name)
• Bethany (given name)
• Bethan
• Elsbeth (Scottish version of Elizabeth)

People

• Beth (singer) (b. 1981), Spanish singer
• Beth Allen (b. 1984), New Zealand actress
• Beth Amsel, American folk singer
• Beth Anders (b. 1951), American field hockey player and coach
• Beth Anderson (composer) (b. 1950), American composer
• Beth Anderson, American singer
• Beth Bauer (b. 1980), American professional golfer
• Beth Beglin (b. 1957), American field hockey player
• Beth Behrs (b. 1985), American actress
• Beth Barr (b. 1971), American swimmer
• Beth Bonner (1952–1998), American long-distance runner
• BethAnn Bonner (b. 1982), American actress
• Beth Botsford (b. 1981), American swimmer
• Beth Broderick (b. 1959), American actress
• Beth Buchanan (b. 1952), Australian actress
• Beth Cahill (b. 1963), American television actress
• Beth Carvalho (b. 1946), Brazilian singer and composer
• Beth Chapman (b. 1962), American politician
• Beth Chatto (b. 1923), British garden designer
• Beth Chamberlin (b. 1963), American actress
• Beth Clayton, American opera singer
• Beth Cordingly (b. 1977), English actress
• Beth Courtney (b. 1945), CEO/president of Louisiana Public Broadcasting
• Beth Couture (b. 1962), American women's basketball coach
• Beth Daniel (b. 1956), American golfer
• Beth Denisch (b. 1958), American composer
• Beth Ditto (b. 1981), American singer-songwriter
• Beth Dunkenberger, American women's basketball coach
• Beth Edmonds (b. 1950), American politician
• Beth Ehlers (b. 1968), American politician
• Beth Fowler (b. 1940), American actress and singer
• Beth Gaines (b. 1959), American politician
• Beth Grant (b. 1949), American actress
• Beth Gibbons (b. 1965), English singer-songwriter
• Beth Goddard (b. 1969), British actress
• Beth Goobie (b. 1959), Canadian poet and writer
• Beth Gylys (b. 1964), American poet and professor of English and Creative Writing
• Beth Hart (b. 1972), American singer
• Beth Heiden (b. 1959), American athlete
• Beth Henley (b. 1952), American actress
• Beth Herr (b. 1964), American tennis player
• Beth Holloway (b. 1961), American speech pathologist
• Beth Howland (b. 1941), American actress
• Beth Iskiw (b. 1979), Canadian curler
• Beth Jeans Houghton, English singer-songwriter
• Beth Johnson, Canadian politician
• Beth Karas, American television reporter
• Beth Kerttula, American politician
• Beth Kephart, American author
• Beth Kingston (b. 1986), English actress
• Beth Kobliner, American journalist
• Beth Krom, American politician
• Beth Krommes (b. 1956), American illustrator
• Beth Krush (1918–2009), American illustrator
• Beth Landau (b. 1950), American filmmaker
• Beth Lapides, American entertainer
• Beth Leavel (b. 1955), American stage actress
• Beth Levin (linguist) (b. 1955), American linguist
• Beth Levin (musician) (b. 1950), American classical pianist
• Beth Levine (Fashion designer) (1914–2006), American fashion designer
• Beth Liebling (born 1967), American musician
• Beth Lisick, American writer
• Beth Littleford (b. 1968), American actress
• Beth Orton (b. 1970), English singer-songwriter
• Beth Phoenix (b. 1980), Polish American professional wrestler and former WWE Diva
• Beth Wood (b. 1954), U.S. state auditor

Fictional characters

• Beth Bailey
• Beth Brennan
• Beth Clement
• Beth Green
• Beth Greene
• Beth Hunter
• Beth Jordache
• Elizabeth "Beth" March, fictional character in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women
• Elizabeth "Beth" Childs, a character in the series Orphan Black

Surname

• Evert Willem Beth (1908–1964), Dutch philosopher and logician
• Wilhelm Beth (1855–1922), German father of the dust collector

Other

• "Beth" (song), by the band Kiss