Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.
BETHUNE
There are approximately 438 people named Bethune in the UK. That makes it the 11,082nd most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 7 are named Bethune.
Region of origin
British Isles
Country of origin
Scotland
Language of origin
Gaelic
Religion of origin
Christian
Classification
Celtic
Related and similar surnames
BathenBathon
Beathune
Beathoune
Beathun
Bathune
Beathoun
Beetheune
Bathun
Bethen
Beathon
Beithon
Beathen
Baithun
Bathoone
Beethen
Beethon
Behtune
Baathen
Beathume
Baython
Baithen
The Bethune surname in historical dictionaries
An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)
(origin: Local) From the town of Bethune, a fortified town, and capital of a county in Artois, Netherlands.
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
BETHUNE. Tills Illustrious name Is traceable, beyond question, to Robert, surnamed Faisseus, seigneur of the town of Bethune, in Artois, in the year 1000, and there is good reason to suppose that he was a descendant of the ancient Counts of Artois. His descendants, Avho were ennobled in every grade and in various countries, reckon among theirnumbermany princes of Hainault in Flanders, Cardinal Beaton in Scotland, and the great Due de Sully in France. See L'Histoire Genealogique de la maison De Bethune par Andre du Chcsne, Paris, 1G39. (See Beaton).
Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.