proper noun
a surname transferred from the place name; variant forms Bentancour, Bentancourt, Betancoor, Betancor, Betancur, Betancurt, Betancurth, Betencur, Bethancourt, Bitencourt, Bittencourt, Béthencourt, Betancourt, Bethancourt, Bitencourt, Bittencourt, DeBettencour
Related: Bettencourt-Rivière, Bettencourt-Saint-Ouen
Inherited from Old French Béthencourt, from the Germanic personal name Betto (variant of Berto) + cort (“court”).