Bettina (first name)
Bettina is a female given name .
Origin and meaning of the name
Short form of Elisabeth (probably from Italian), Hebrew: "God is my oath", "God is perfection". Also goes back to the second letter in the Hebrew alphabet Beth (Bet, ב ) = house / place.
distribution
At the beginning of the 20th century the name Bettina was not in use in Germany. Its popularity increased from the mid-forties. In the sixties, the name was a few times among the ten most frequently given female first names of the respective year. Then its popularity declined more and more. Since the mid-1990s, hardly any children have been called Bettina.
name day
The most famous name day of Elisabeth / Bettina is November 19th .
Since there were several St. Elizabeth's also the following name days are common: January 20 , January 22 , February 5 , February 28 , April 3 , June 19 , July 4 , 25 November .
variants
Bethina, Bettine, Betti, Betty, Betzi, Betsy, Beth, Bez, Bezn, Betina, Bette, Bezl, Beddy, Beddo, Tina, Bettos etc.
Male version: Bettino
Well-known namesake
Bettina
- Bettina von Arnim (1785-1859), German writer
- Bettina Heinen-Ayech (1937–2020), German painter and publicist
- Bettina Bernadotte (* 1974) German-Swedish business economist for the tourism industry
- Bettina Billerbeck (* 1972), German editor-in-chief
- Bettina Böttinger (* 1956), German journalist and presenter
- Bettina Bougie (* 1939), German actress
- Bettina Braun (* 1969), German documentary filmmaker
- Bettina Bunge (* 1963), German tennis player
- Bettina Burchard (* 1986), German actress
- Bettina Campbell (* 1974), Dutch porn actress
- Bettina Cramer (* 1969), German television presenter, film producer, author and photographer
- Bettina Encke von Arnim (1895–1971), German painter
- Bettina Flitner (* 1961), German photographer
- Bettina Gaus (* 1956), German journalist
- Bettina Glatz-Kremsner (* 1962), Austrian politician (ÖVP)
- Bettina Göschl (* 1967), German children's songwriter and children's book author
- Bettina Gruber (artist) (* 1947), German photo and video artist
- Bettina Hagedorn (* 1955), German politician (SPD)
- Bettina Hannover (* 1959), German psychologist and professor for school and teaching research
- Bettina Hauenschild (* 1964), German actress and alternative practitioner
- Bettina Hering (* 1960), Swiss dramaturge, director and general manager
- Bettina Hitzer (* 1971), German modern historian and university lecturer
- Bettina Hoppe (* 1974), German actress
- Bettina Hoy (* 1962), German rider
- Bettina Jürgensen (* 1954), German politician (DKP)
- Bettina Kenter (* 1951), German actress, author, voice actress and director
- Bettina Köster (* 1959), German musician, composer, lyricist, music producer and author
- Bettina Kudla (* 1962), German politician (CDU)
- Bettina Kupfer (* 1963), German actress
- Bettina Lamprecht (* 1977), German actress
- Bettina Limperg (* 1960), German lawyer and President of the Federal Court of Justice
- Bettina Mittendorfer (* 1970), German actress
- Bettina Moissi (* 1923), German actress
- Bettina Oberli (* 1972), Swiss film director
- Bettina Redlich (* 1963), Austrian actress and voice actress
- Bettina Reitz (* 1962), German media manager, film producer and television editor
- Bettina Rheims (* 1952), French photographer
- Bettina Röhl (* 1962), German journalist
- Bettina Rust (* 1967), German journalist and presenter
- Bettina Schausten (* 1965), German journalist and presenter
- Bettina Schleicher (* 1959), German lawyer
- Bettina Schmidt-Czaia (* 1960), German historian and archivist
- Bettina Schoeller (* 1969), German director, producer, author, journalist and curator
- Bettina Schön (* 1926), German voice actress and actress
- Bettina Spier (1960–2008), German actress and voice actress
- Bettina Spilker (* 1978), German law scholar and university professor
- Bettina Stucky (* 1969), Swiss actress
- Bettina Tietjen (* 1960), German television presenter
- Bettina Wegner (* 1947), German songwriter
- Bettina Weiß (* 1966), German actress and voice actress
- Bettina Wiegmann (* 1971), German soccer player
- Bettina Wulff (* 1973), German PR consultant, wife of Christian Wulff
- Bettina Zimmermann (* 1975), German actress
- Bettina Zopf (* 1974), Austrian politician
Betina
- Betina Faist (* 1950), German ancient orientalist
- Betina Gotzen-Beek (* 1965), German illustrator
- Betina Hollstein , German sociologist
- Betina Ignacio, Brazilian-German singer, see Bê
- Betina Kern (* 1947), German diplomat
- Betina Mantey-Berg (* 1977), Danish judoka
- Betina Riegelhuth (* 1987), Norwegian handball player
- Betina Ustrowski (* 1976), German swimmer
- Betina Vogelsang (* 1963), German film editor