Bette

Diminutive of Elizabeth

"pledged to God"

Updated Wed Apr 17 2024

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.

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Famous People Named Bette

Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" DavisAmerican actress
Bette MidlerAmerican singer/actress
Elizabeth "Bette" CooperMiss America 1937
Bette Jean GreeneAmerican children's novelist
Bette FrankeDutch model
(Bette) Joy PhilbinAmerican TV personality; wife of Regis Philbin
Bette Claire Nesmith GrahamAmerican inventor of White,Out; mother of musician Michael Nesmith of The Monkees
Bette Joan HenritzeAmerican actress
Bette Bao LordChinese,American activist
Bette Ford (born Harriet Elizabeth Dingeldein)American actress, model and bullfighter
Bette GordonAmerican film director

Bette Bright (born Anne Martin)English rock singer of band Deaf School
Bette Bournestage name of Peter Bourne, English drag queen and actor
Bette McLaurinAmerican R&B singer
Bette GraysonAmerican actress; wife of playwright Clifford Odets

Bette in Pop Culture

Lisbeth "Bette" Fischermain character in"Cousin Bette," novel by Honoré de Balzac and later film
Bette PorterJennifer Beals's character in TV's "The L Word"
Bette Kane aka BatGirl and Flamebird, character in DC comics
Bette Tattlerconjoined twin character on TV's "American Horror Story: Freak Show"; twin of sister Dot
Bette San Souci aka Plastiquecharacter on TV's "The Flash"
Bette Katzenkazrahicharacter on American soap "Sunset Beach"
Bette Tremontcharacter in novel/film "Dad"
Bette Noircharacter in comic book series "Iredeemable"
"Bette Davis Eyes" 1974 song by Kim Carnes