Bette

Diminutive of Elizabeth
"pledged to God"

Bette Origin and Meaning

The name Bette is a girl's name of Hebrew origin.

Pronounced a la Bette (Betty) Davis or Bette (Bet) Midler, a twentieth-century relic. Though if the equally vintage Betty comes back, Bette may be close behind.

# 991 in the US

Bette Rank in US Top 1000

Famous People Named Bette

  • Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis
    American actress
  • Bette Midler
    American singer/actress
  • Elizabeth "Bette" Cooper
    Miss America 1937
  • Bette Jean Greene
    American children's novelist
  • Bette Franke
    Dutch model
  • (Bette) Joy Philbin
    American TV personality; wife of Regis Philbin
  • Bette Claire Nesmith Graham
    American inventor of White,Out; mother of musician Michael Nesmith of The Monkees
  • Bette Joan Henritze
    American actress
  • Bette Bao Lord
    Chinese,American activist
  • Bette Ford (born Harriet Elizabeth Dingeldein)
    American actress, model and bullfighter
  • Bette Gordon
    American film director
  • Bette Bright (born Anne Martin)
    English rock singer of band Deaf School
  • Bette Bourne
    stage name of Peter Bourne, English drag queen and actor
  • Bette McLaurin
    American R&B singer
  • Bette Grayson
    American actress; wife of playwright Clifford Odets

Bette in Pop Culture

  • Lisbeth "Bette" Fischer
    main character in"Cousin Bette," novel by Honoré de Balzac and later film
  • Bette Porter
    Jennifer Beals's character in TV's "The L Word"
  • Bette Kane aka Bat
    Girl and Flamebird, character in DC comics
  • Bette Tattler
    conjoined twin character on TV's "American Horror Story: Freak Show"; twin of sister Dot
  • Bette San Souci aka Plastique
    character on TV's "The Flash"
  • Bette Katzenkazrahi
    character on American soap "Sunset Beach"
  • Bette Tremont
    character in novel/film "Dad"
  • Bette Noir
    character in comic book series "Iredeemable"
  • "Bette Davis Eyes
    " 1974 song by Kim Carnes

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