Bettencourt (surname)

Bettencourt is a surname from place-names in Northern France. Otherwise the name can be found in French, Portuguese and Spanish-speaking areas in localized variants (see below).

Variants of the name

There are many variants of the surname such as: Betencourt, Bettencourtt, Bettencour, 'Bethancourt, Bethencourt, Bitencourt, Bittencourt, Betancur, Betancurt, Betancurth, Betancor, Bethcourt, Betancourt, Bitancurt, Betanco, and Betencur

The localisations Bitangcur, Bitangcor, Bitangcol and its own variant, Vitangcol, are uncommon surnames found in the Philippines.

Origin

Bettencourt and Bethencourt are originally place-names in Northern France. The place-name element -court (courtyard, courtyard of a farm, farm) is typical of the French provinces, where the Frankish settlements formed an important part of the local population. It translated the Old Low Franconian word *hof "courtyard", "courtyard of a farm", "farm" (Dutch, Old English hof, German Hof)

Bettencourt / Bethencourt corresponds with Bettenhoffen, Bettenhof or Bettenhoven found in Alsace, Germany or Flanders.