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Bette

OriginDiminutive of Elizabeth
Meaning"pledged to God"
GenderBoy & girl
US rank · boysUnranked

Below 5 births

US rank · girls#11103

2025 SSA

About Bette

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.

Bette is also given to boys.

Pronounced BET.

As of October 2026, Bette ranked #3495 in US births in 1940 SSA.

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Bette on lists

Famous Bettes

  • Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" DavisGirl

    American actress

  • Bette MidlerGirl

    American singer/actress

  • Elizabeth "Bette" CooperGirl

    Miss America 1937

  • Bette Jean GreeneGirl

    American children's novelist

  • Bette FrankeGirl

    Dutch model

  • (Bette) Joy PhilbinGirl

    American TV personality; wife of Regis Philbin

  • Bette Claire Nesmith GrahamGirl

    American inventor of White,Out; mother of musician Michael Nesmith of The Monkees

  • Bette Joan HenritzeGirl

    American actress

  • Bette Bao LordGirl

    Chinese,American activist

  • Bette Ford (born Harriet Elizabeth Dingeldein)Girl

    American actress, model and bullfighter

  • Bette GordonGirl

    American film director

  • Bette Bright (born Anne Martin)Girl

    English rock singer of band Deaf School

  • Bette BourneGirl

    stage name of Peter Bourne, English drag queen and actor

  • Bette McLaurinGirl

    American R&B singer

  • Bette GraysonGirl

    American actress; wife of playwright Clifford Odets

Bette in pop culture

  • Lisbeth "Bette" FischerGirl

    main character in"Cousin Bette," novel by Honoré de Balzac and later film

  • Bette PorterGirl

    Jennifer Beals's character in TV's "The L Word"

  • Bette Kane aka BatGirl

    Girl and Flamebird, character in DC comics

  • Bette TattlerGirl

    conjoined twin character on TV's "American Horror Story: Freak Show"; twin of sister Dot

  • Bette San Souci aka PlastiqueGirl

    character on TV's "The Flash"

  • Bette KatzenkazrahiGirl

    character on American soap "Sunset Beach"

  • Bette TremontGirl

    character in novel/film "Dad"

  • Bette NoirGirl

    character in comic book series "Iredeemable"

  • "Bette Davis EyesGirl

    " 1974 song by Kim Carnes

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