Given name
Bettina
“my God is bountiful”
Bettina is a variant of Betty. In English use, Betty carries the interpretation “my God is bountiful.”
Original GermanElizabeth
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bettina is a variant of Betty. In English use, Betty carries the interpretation “my God is bountiful.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In German usage, Bettina is a diminutive of Elizabeth. In German usage, Bettina is a short form of Elisabettina.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1903. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bettina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,482
- 0 boys · 6,482 girls
- Most popular year
- 1965
- 192 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,229 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −7%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,229 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 6.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 192 in 1965. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,807 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bettina’s family of names
In German usage, Bettina is a diminutive of Elizabeth. Bettina has a related form in Betty. In German usage, Bettina has a diminutive in Tina.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
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 33
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Elisabethequivalent
- Lisaequivalent
- Lizequivalent
- Lizaequivalent
- Betsyequivalent
- Ilseequivalent
- Lieslequivalent
- Lieselequivalent
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- Ilsaequivalent
- Elspethequivalent
- Elisabetequivalent
- Elizabetequivalent
- Elisabettaequivalent
- Ilzeequivalent
- Liisaequivalent
- Lieseequivalent
- Tineequivalent
- Liseequivalent
- Elizabetaequivalent
- Erzsébetequivalent
- Elžbietaequivalent
- Élisabethequivalent
- Ealisaidequivalent
- Betinnaequivalent
- Liesbethequivalent
- Elesbedequivalent
- Betineequivalent
- Elżbietaequivalent
- Liisiequivalent
- Alžbětaequivalent
- Elizabetoequivalent
- Eskeequivalent
- Ilzaequivalent
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Bettina
- Bettina von ArnimGerman writer and novelist (1785-1859)
- Bettina Heinen-AyechGerman painter (1937–2020)
- Bettina PlankAustrian karatekaborn 1992
- Bettina Stark-WatzingerGerman politicianborn 1968
- Bettina ZimmermannGerman actress and modelborn 1975
- Bettina BungeWest German tennis playerborn 1963
- Bettina SoriatAustrian singerborn 1967
- Bettina SchmidtEast German luger (1960–2019)
- Bettina RheimsFrench artist and photographerborn 1952
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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