Bettina is a female name predominantly found in the
Italian and
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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languages. This name has various interpreted meanings and origins.
In Italian, Bettina originated as a diminutive of the names Elisabetta and
Benedetta. Benedetta is the Italian feminine form of
Benedict
Benedict may refer to:
People Names
*Benedict (given name), including a list of people with the given name
*Benedict (surname), including a list of people with the surname
Religious figures
*Pope Benedict I (died 579), head of the Catholic Chur ...
, meaning "Blessed," while Elisabetta is the Italian form of
Elizabeth, which itself comes from the Hebrew name Elisheva or Elisheba, meaning "my God is an oath".
The name has several variations including Bettine and Betina, and though it is a diminutive itself, it can be shortened to Betty, Bette, Ina, or Tina.
People
It was the professional name of
Simone Micheline Graziani
Simone Micheline Bodin (8 May 1925 – 3 March 2015), known professionally as Bettina or Bettina Graziani, was a French fashion model of the 1940s and 1950s and an early muse to the fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy. She was a designer of knitw ...
, one of the most famous fashion models of the 1950s and an early muse of designer
Hubert de Givenchy - Simone was given the name "Bettina" by designer
Pierre Balmain.
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Bettina d'Andrea
Bettina d'Andrea, (b. in Bologna – d. 1355) was an Italian legal scholar and professor in law and philosophy at the university of Padua.
As the daughter of Giovanni d'Andrea, professor in Canon law at the university of Bologna, she was educated ...
(died 1335), Italian lawyer and professor
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Bettina von Arnim (1785–1859), German writer and novelist
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Bettina Ehrlich
Bettina Ehrlich, ''née'' Bauer, (10 March 1903 – 10 October 1985) was an Austrian painter and illustrator of children's books, many of which she also wrote. She lived briefly in Berlin and Paris, and from 1938 in England.
Family and educ ...
(1903–1985), artist, writer, illustrator
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Bettina Baumer
Bettina Sharada Bäumer (born 12 April 1940) is an Austrian-born Indian scholar of religion. Vandana Parthasarathy, writing in The Hindu, described Baumer as a "renowned Indologist, one of the foremost expounders of Kashmir Saivism and a well- ...
(born 1940), Austrian-born Indian scholar of religion
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Bettina Aptheker (born 1944), American political activist, feminist professor and author
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Bettina Werner
Bettina Werner (born in 1965, in Milan, Italy) is an Italian artist based in New York City. She has created artwork with her colorized salt technique since the early 1980s. Werner became an American citizen in July 2010 and now bears dual citizen ...
(born 1965), Pioneering Artist of the World's 1st salt crystal paintings
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Bettina Sabatini (born 1966), Italian marathon runner
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Bettina Banoun
Bettina Banoun (born 1972) is a Norwegian barrister with a doctorate in tax law.
She took the master's degree at Oxford University in 1993, the cand.jur. degree at the University of Oslo in 1995, and the doctorate at the same institution in 2003. ...
(born 1972), Norwegian tax lawyer, partner at Wiersholm and actor
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Bettina Bush (born 1973), voice actor and singer who was the original voice of ''
Rainbow Brite
''Rainbow Brite'' is a media franchise by Hallmark Cards, introduced in 1984. The animated ''Rainbow Brite'' television series first aired in 1984, the same year Hallmark licensed Rainbow Brite to Mattel for a range of dolls and other merchand ...
''.
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Bettina Grossman (1927–2021), American visual artist
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Bettina Linn
Mary Bettina Linn (1905 – April 7, 1962) was an American writer and college professor. She wrote three published novels, and was on the faculty at Bryn Mawr College. She worked with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II.
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(1905–1962), American novelist and college professor
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Bettina Oneto (born 1957), Peruvian actress and comedian
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Betina Popova (born 1996), Russian ice dancer
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Bettina Meiser, researcher of the psychosocial aspects of genetics and cancer
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Bettina Kupfer (born 1963), German actress and writer
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Bettina Santo Domingo, American filmmaker
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Bettina Wiesmann (born 1966), German politician
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Bettina Wiegmann (born 1971), German footballer
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Bettina Vollath (born 1962), Austrian politician
Fictional characters
"Bettina" was the name of the woman artist (and her ranch) that the
Tom Hanks
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic roles, he is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is regarded as an American cultural icon. Ha ...
character met at the end of the film ''
Cast Away'' while delivering her package. He had retrieved the Bettina package years earlier from the ocean, while stranded on a tiny island following a plane crash.
References
External links
* http://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?nmd=n&terms=bettina&submit=Go
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