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Bette

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Â© A Dictionary of First Names 2006, originally published by Oxford University Press 2006. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Bette ♀ Variant of Bet, associated particularly with the film actress Bette Davis (1908–89), whose original name was Ruth Elizabeth Davis.

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