First name origin & meaning:
Hebrew: God's oath; dedicated
First name variations: Bette, Betty, Elizabeth, Bestey, Belita, Bessie, Bessy, Betta, Betti, Bettine, Ealasidde, Elizabet, Elsabet, Elisabeth, Elisabetta, Elise, Elissa, Eilise, Elisa, Eliza, Elsa, Elsbeth, Babette, Belle, Beth, Bettina, Bet, Beta, Bess
Last name origin & meaning:
Southern French: topographic name for someone who lived by a birch
tree or in a birch wood, from Late Latin bettia ‘birch wood’, a
word of Gaulish origin.