Given name
Bettine
“my God is bountiful”
Bettine is a variant of Betty. In English use, Betty carries the interpretation “my God is bountiful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bettine is a variant of Betty. In English use, Betty carries the interpretation “my God is bountiful.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bettine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1968
- 5 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 5 in 1968. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bettine’s family of names
Bettine has a related form in Betty. In German usage, Bettine has a related form in Bettina. In German usage, Bettine has a related form in Bettina.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Bettine
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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