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Bette I bet you CAN win! Bette is a Bette-iful name hahahah!
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Reminds me of the French word bête meaning "beast".
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Bette Nesmith Graham (1924 – 1980) was an American typist, commercial artist, and the inventor of the correction fluid Liquid Paper. She was the mother of musician and producer Michael Nesmith of The Monkees.
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My name's Bette and it's pronounced the same as Betty, for me anyways.
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Forgot to mention this when I made the comment about my name being Bette back in July 2022, but I'm also a guy so it's pronounced as "betty" but is a masculine name for me :)
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Pronounced like the word "Bet".
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Short for Bethany, Elizabeth, Elizabet, Elisabeth, Elisabet, Lisbeth, Lisbet, Lizbeth, Lizbet, Elisabetta, Elizabeta, Elisabeta, Elizabettany, Bettany, Elisabethanie, Elizabethany, etc.
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Bette I bet you CAN win! Bette is a Bette-iful name hahahah!
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I have also heard "Bette" used as a nickname for Bernadette. When I think about it, that derivation actually seems to make more sense than deriving it from Elizabeth, at least for English speakers, who don't pronounce a hard "th."
But either way, I love it. And I also like it as a stand-alone name. Bette is great!
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But either way, I love it. And I also like it as a stand-alone name. Bette is great!
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I pronounce it "Betty".
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I like Bette, nicknamed Bet. It's sensual and soft. Like a purring cat.
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I prefer Bett.
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I love Bette, especially spelled like this.
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In 2018, 86 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Bette* who is registered female with the Social Security Administration. It is the 1309th most common female first name for living U.S. citizens.
*as a first name, not a nickname.
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*as a first name, not a nickname.
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Bette Franke is a Dutch fashion model. At fourteen years old, she was discovered by Dutch modeling agent Wilma Wakker in Amsterdam, while shopping with her mother.
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I've heard this pronounced like Betty.
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Bette Porter was a main character on the Showtime series, The L Word.
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I agree with slight night shiver; it's not an ugly name, but it's not very exciting.
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Bette I bet you can't win!
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Actress Bette Davis was a famous bearer (her real name was Ruth Elizabeth Davis).
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It's too plain and minimalist for my taste. It's not atrocious, but dreadfully boring it is.
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Bette is not an atrocious name but it’s not exciting, I agree with slight night silver.
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I really love this name especially with this spelling, though I never think of it as a variant of Elizabeth.
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Can also be pronounced BET-ee.
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This is the name of model Bette Franke, but she pronounces it BET-uh.
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I think this is a great nickname for Elizabeth. Since there are so many people named Elizabeth, I think it'd be a good way for someone named Elizabeth to make their name more unique from the others. "Liz," "Beth," and "Betty" are used all the time, so I think it'd be nice to hear something different from that.
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Bette is the title of the 2nd book in The Women of Ivy Manor series by Lyn Cote.
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Bette Midler is an actress/singer who popularized the song "Wind Beneath my Wings."
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Bette Midler is actually named after Bette Davis, although they pronounce it differently - Midler with one syllable, Davis with two.
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I've heard this name pronounced like the word "beat".
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"Cousin Bette" was a novel written by Honoré de Balzac. In most recent times this name was borne by American actress Bette Davis.
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Comments are left by users of this website. They are not checked for accuracy.
Interestingly, the American actress and comedian Bette Midler (b. 1945) was named after her, but pronounces her name as 'BEHT' (i.e. the way a French person would say it).
Most people who grew up watching Davis' films (or are otherwise sufficiently familiar with her) know the correct pronunciation, but not so much the younger generations, so this is a good place to educate them. If necessary, refer to the 1981 hit song "Bette Davis Eyes" by the American singer Kim Carnes (b. 1945).