Given name & surname
Betta
“my God is an oath”
Betta is a feminine given name. It is used in Italian and Faroese.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Betta is a diminutive of Elisabetta. Elisabetta goes back to Biblical Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע (Elishéva), meaning “my God is an oath.”
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Where it comes from
Betta is a diminutive of Elisabetta. Elisabetta comes from Ancient Greek, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
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How it developed
In Italian usage, Betta is a diminutive of Elisabetta.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Betta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 78
- 0 boys · 78 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 1956. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 116 as a first name in 2020; 145 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Betta’s family of names
In Italian usage, Betta is a diminutive of Elisabetta. In Greek usage, Betta as a surname is a transliteration of Μπέττα.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Betta
- Betta St. JohnAmerican actress (1929–2023)
- Betta EduNigerian doctor and politicianborn 1986
- Betta LemmeCanadian singerborn 1993
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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