Bette (given name) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia GenderFemaleRelated namesElizabethBettinaBetteGenderFemaleOther namesRelated namesElizabethBettina Bette is a given name, sometimes short for Elizabeth and Bettina, and may refer to: Bette Davis (1908–1989), American actress Bette Franke (born 1989), Dutch fashion model Bette Nesmith Graham (1924–1980), inventor of liquid paper Bette Korber, American computational biologist Bette Midler (born 1945), American singer and actress Bette Otto-Bliesner, American earth scientist Bette Stephenson (1924–2019), Canadian physician and politician Fictional characters Bette Abney, main character in the young adult fiction novels Tiny Pretty Things and Shiny Broken Pieces Bette Fischer, title character of Honoré de Balzac's 1846 novel Cousin Bette and its film adaptations Bette Kane, a DC Comics superhero Bette Porter, in the television series The L-Word and its sequel The L-Word: Generation Q Bette Tattler, in American Horror Story: Freak Show See also Betti (given name) Betty, given name Bettye, given name Name listThis page or section lists people that share the same given name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Related Articles