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First name origin & meaning:

Hebrew: God's oath; dedicated

First name variations: Bette, Betty, Elizabeth, Bestey, Belita, Besse, Bessie, Bessy, Betta, Bettine, Ealasidde, Elizabet, Elsabet, Elisabeth, Elisabetta, Elise, Elissa, Eilise, Elisa, Eliza, Elsa, Elsbeth, Babette, Belle, Beth, Bettina, Bet, Beta, Bess

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Italian: from the personal name Betto, a reduced form of Benedetto, or a short form of any of various personal names with this ending (Iacobetto, for example).
  2. Italian: from a diminutive of Berto.