Bettina

Where Bettina comes from

The dictionaries list Bettina as a given name — a female given name from German — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • German
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1785
    Bettina von Arnim born
    German writer and novelist
  2. 1903
    First appearance
    #1,792 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1937
    Bettina Heinen-Ayech born
    German painter
  4. 1965
    Peak, #714
    192 babies named Bettina — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1975
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,350.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from German.
Namesakes
  • Bettina von Arnim · German writer and novelist, 1785–1859
  • Bettina Heinen-Ayech · German painter, 1937–2020
  • Bettina Plank · Austrian karateka, born 1992
  • Bettina Zimmermann · German actress and model, born 1975
  • Bettina Stark-Watzinger · German politician, born 1968

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.