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Bettina

This name is a diminutive of Elisabeth, Benedetta or Elisabetta, or Erzsébet.

PronunciationGerman /bɛ.ˈtiː.na/; Italian /bet.ˈtiː.na/; Hungarian /ˈbɛt.ti.nɒ/
Usage languagesDanish, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Italian, Latin
US rank (2025)#10,107

Meaning and history

Bettina is a diminutive form of Elisabeth in German and Danish, Benedetta or Elisabetta in Italian, and Erzsébet in Hungarian.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 9 births, rank #11,417
2007: 5 births, rank #17,636
2008: 14 births, rank #8,529
2009: 14 births, rank #8,454
2010: 9 births, rank #11,246
20112011: 9 births, rank #11,181
2012: 14 births, rank #8,208
2013: 17 births, rank #7,031
2014: 11 births, rank #9,517
2015: 6 births, rank #14,482
20162016: 13 births, rank #8,393
2017: 9 births, rank #10,689
2018: 10 births, rank #9,806
2019: 5 births, rank #15,539
2020: 8 births, rank #11,090
20212021: 12 births, rank #8,464
2022: 7 births, rank #12,243
2023: 9 births, rank #10,312
2024: 5 births, rank #15,293
20252025: 9 births, rank #10,107

Bettina rose from #948 to #937 for girls between 1980 and 1981. Its highest annual birth count came in 1965, with 192 births.