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Beatty is a surname of Scottish or Irish ancestry. In the Scottish case, it is derived from the name Bartholomew, which was often shortened to Bate. Male descendants were then often called Beatty, or similar derivations like Beattie or Beatey. The name Beatty also arose in Ireland from Betagh, a surname meaning hospitaller. A majority of people named Beatty or Beattie in Ireland are the descendants of Scots who came over in the seventeenth century, and live in northeast Ulster. The remainder live much further south.

The surname Beatty can refer to:

• Sir Alfred Chester Beatty, collector of Chinese and Japanese art.
• David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, British Admiral at the Battle of Jutland.
• Beatty, Character from novel Fahrenheit 451.
• Warren Beatty, the American actor.
• Clyde Beatty, American trainer of wild animals and circus performer

The place name Beatty can refer to:

• Beatty, Nevada
• Beatty, Oregon
• Beatty, Saskatchewan

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