Beattie
Appearance
Language(s) | Aramaic; Irish Gaelic |
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Origin | |
Meaning | Diminutive of Bartholomew (patronymic); "one who held land on condition of supplying food to those billeted on him by the chief"; "public victualler" |
Region of origin | Scottish borders, Ireland |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Bate, Beatty, Beatey, Betagh, Betty, MacCaffrey, McCaffrey, MacVitty, MacWatty, MacWattie, Watson |
Frequency Comparisons [1] |
Beattie is a Scottish surname, meaning "one who held land on condition of supplying food to those billeted on him by the chief"; "public victualler".
People
- A. L. Beattie (1852–1920), pioneering Chief Mechanical Engineer of the New Zealand Railways Department
- Sir Andrew Beattie (politician) (1860–1923), Irish politician.
- Ann Beattie (born 1947), American writer
- Anthony Beattie (1944–2014), British civil servant
- Bob Beattie (disambiguation), several people
- Bobby Beattie (1916–2002), Scottish footballer
- Brittany Beattie (born 1994), Australian model
- Catherine Beattie (1921–2014), American farmer and politician
- Charles Beattie (1899–1958), Northern Irish farmer and briefly Member of Parliament
- Charlton Beattie (1869–1925), United States District Court judge
- Chris Beattie (born 1975), Australian rugby league footballer
- Craig Beattie (born 1984), Scottish footballer
- Daryl Beattie (born 1970), Australian motorcycle racer
- David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871– 1936), Admiral of the Fleet Royal Navy
- Dud Beattie (1934–2016), Australian rugby league footballer
- Frank Beattie, (1933–2009), Scottish association football player and manager
- George Beattie (disambiguation), several people
- James Beattie (disambiguation), several people
- Jennifer Beattie (born 1991), Scottish association footballer
- Jesse Beattie (born 1989), Canadian Cellular Salesperson Extraordinaire
- John Beattie (disambiguation), several people
- Joseph Beattie, (born 1978), English actor
- Joseph Hamilton Beattie (1808–1871), locomotive engineer, London and South Western Railway
- Kevin Beattie (1953–2018), English footballer
- Mary Beattie (1923–2015), American politician
- Melody Beattie, (1948–) American author
- Peter Beattie (born 1952), Premier of Queensland (1998–2007)
- Robert Beattie (fl. 2000s), American lawyer
- Robert Ethelbert Beattie (1875–1925), Canadian politician
- Robert M. Beattie (born 1962), English gastroenterologist
- Rolla Kent Beattie (1875–1960), American botanist and plant pathologist
- Simon Beattie (born 1975), antiquarian bookseller
- Stephen Beattie (1908–1975), Royal Navy Lieutenant-Commander during the Second World War, winner of the Victoria Cross
- Taylor Beattie (1837–1920), Louisiana politician and judge
- Wendy Beattie, (born 1980), Australian field hockey player
- William Beattie (physician) (1793–1876), Scottish physician and poet
- William Francis Beattie (1886–1918), Scottish sculptor
- William George Beattie (1841–1918), son of Joseph Hamilton Beattie, also locomotive engineer for the London and South Western Railway
Places
- Beattie, Kansas, United States
- Dalbeattie, Scotland
Other
- Beattie (automobile)
- Beatrice Bellman, more commonly known as Beattie, a character from a series of television advertisements by British Telecom.
- Beatties of London, usually known as just "Beatties", was a UK based toy and model shop which had 60 stores at its peak in the late 90s.
- Beatties – UK department store group acquired by House of Fraser in 2005.
See also
- Beatty
- Batey (family name)
- Beatrice Bellman ("Beattie"), a fictional Jewish mother played by Maureen Lipman, featured in a British Telecom advertising campaign
- Beattie Feathers American football running back
Notes
- ^ "Beattie Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2014