Betül
Just 84 women in Poland carry it, so most people here have never met one. A Hebrew name at root, it means pure or chaste, and it reaches Poland mainly through Turkish use.
Betül Pronunciation
Betül is pronounced BETÜL (/bɛtül/).
What Betül means
Where Betül comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Betül reaches back to the Hebrew word betulah, a term for a virgin, an unmarried young woman. The meaning the name still holds, pure and chaste, sits at that root rather than arriving later. In Turkish it became Betül.
The same root feeds the Arabic al-Batul, "the pure one", an epithet given to Fatima, daughter of the Prophet Muhammad. Through that religious association the name entered Turkish use and spread as a first name for daughters. It travels without diminutives or variants. Betül stays Betül, one form and one spelling.
Picture a Polish class register with Betül written between two Polish names. A teacher reading roll call slows at it, because the letters and the sound point somewhere else. The answer is short. The name comes from Hebrew betulah, and its meaning holds firm: pure, chaste.
How many people are named Betül
1 in 268379 women in Poland is named Betül. 84 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3856 among female names.
Betül as a middle name
Betül is a first name for 84 women in Poland and a middle name for another 38, a 69/31 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1122nd, between Yolanda (39) and Elfrieda (38).
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#1120 Violet39
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#1121 Yolanda39
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#1122 Betül38
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#1123 Elfrieda38
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#1124 Freda38