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What does Bette mean?
Bette 
▼ as a girls' name is of Hebrew origin, and the name Bette means "God is my oath". Bette is a version of Betty (Dutch, English, Hebrew): short form of Elizabeth.
STARTS WITH Be-
ASSOCIATED WITH oath
Variations
OTHER FORMS VIA BETTY, ELIZABETH Babette, Belita, Bell▼, Bella▲, Belle▼, Bess▼, Bessie▼, Bessy, Beta, Beth▼, Bethan, Bethie, Bethy, Bethzy▼, Betina, Betsan, Betsey, Betsie, Betsy▼, Betta, Betti, Bettie▼, Bettina, Bettine, Bettye▼, Lisette▼, Lizette▼, Lotte, Lyzette, Tetty, Veta
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Bete, ..
(male) Beter, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Bette Cielo (B.C.), ..
How popular is Bette?
Bette is a very prominent first name for females (#607 out of 4276, Top 14%) and a slightly less prominent surname for all people (#77742 out of 150436, Top 52%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Bette entered the list in 1900-1909 and reached its top position of #169 in the U.S. in the 1920s, but is not ranked currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Prominent alternative forms of Bette appearing in the Top 2000 are Elizabeth (#13 LAST YEAR), Bella (#48), Belle (#859), Betty (#1128), Babette, Betti, Lizette, Lisette, Bettye, Bettina, Bettie, Betsy, Bell, Betsey, Bethzy, Bethan, Beth, Bessie, Bess and Veta. Usage of these relations of Bette was at its apex 88 years ago (AVERAGE #1111) and has become much lower since (#1716, ▼81%), with forms like Bette falling out of fashion. Bella is the most trendy girl name among these.
Similar Names
Bette▼ is alike in pronunciation to Bat and Beate. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Alette, Anette, Arette, Beata, Beatie, Beattie, Bebe, Becke, Bee, Beige, Bente, Berrte (see Bertha), Bert, Berta▼, Berte, Berthe, Berti, Bertie▼, Berty, Betha, Bethea, Bethel, Betia, Bets, Betts, Bevie, Birte, Bitta, Bobette, Brett, Bretta, Brette, Briette, Britte, Evette, Gerte, Gitte, Grette, Hette, Huette, Idette, Ivette▼, Jette, Joette, Mette, Odette, Olette, Orette, Patte, Ryette, Utte, Wyette, Yette, Yuette and Yvette▼. These names tend to be less commonly used than Bette.
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