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Bette

Gender: F Popularity: this week. Origin of Bette: Diminutive of Elizabeth Meaning of Elizabeth: Hebrew, "pledged to God"

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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.

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Bette Davis (Two-time academy award winning actress)
Bette Midler (Award winning singer & actress)
Bette Cooper, Miss America 1937

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"Bette Davis Eyes"- 1974 song made popular by singer Kim Carnes.
Bette Porter, Jennifer Beals's character in The L Word

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